The 442nd Rocket Brigade was a

Tactical ballistic missile A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range (aeronautics), range is less than . Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mo ...

brigade of the

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from 1987 to 1991. It was originally formed and based in

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with the

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but moved to

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in 1990. The brigade was disbanded in 1991.

History

The 442nd Missile Brigade was formed in September 1987 in Hvězdov (part of

Ralsko Ralsko () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It comprises area of the former military training area with Hradčany Air Base. Ralsko is the fourth largest municipality ...

),{{Cite web, url=http://wpristav.ru/news/raketnyj_kompleks_tochka_u_ss_21/2014-08-17-5791, title=Ракетный комплекс "Точка - У" SS-21 (часть 2), website=wpristav.ru, language=Russian, trans-title=Rocket complex Tochka-U SS-21 (Part 2), access-date=2016-03-11 part of the Central Group of Forces. The brigade included the 404th, 440th and 535th Separate Missile Battalions, as well as a technical battery. The 404th had been transferred to the brigade from the 30th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the 440th from the 48th Motor Rifle Division and the 535th from the 15th Guards Tank Division. The brigade was equipped with the

OTR-21 Tochka OTR-21 ''Tochka'' () is a Soviet Union, Soviet tactical ballistic missile. Its GRAU designation is 9K79. Its NATO reporting name is the SS-21 Scarab. One missile is transported per 9P129 vehicle and raised prior to launch. It uses an inertial gu ...

tactical ballistic missile. In May 1990, the brigade withdrew from Czechoslovakia to Shuya and became part of the

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. It was disbanded in 1991.

References

Military units and formations established in 1987 Military units and formations disestablished in 1991 Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union