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54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Rocket Division () is a strategic rocket division under command of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the
The 197th Rocket Engineer Brigade was formed on 20 June 1960 on the basis of the 27th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade. It was initially under the 46th Artillery Range Administration, but from 3 October fell under the 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps. It comprised the 594th, 602nd, 604th, and 621st Rocket Regiments. In May 1961 the brigade was reorganized into the 54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Missile Division with headquarters in the small town of Teykovo.
Since 1961, the 54th Division has performed 36 training launches.
On 27 November 1999 one of the regiments within the 54th Division received the honorific "Ivanovo".
In December 2006, the 54th Division became the first one to receive a mobile version of the RT-2PM2 (
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; ) is a military branch, separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinenta ...
of Russia headquartered at Teykovo in Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Russian Census.
Its three largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities are Ivanovo (the administrat ...
. Its Military Unit Number
A Military Unit Number (Russian: войсковая часть, в/ ч; Ukrainian: військова частина, в/ ч) is a numeric alternate designation for military units in the armed forces and internal troops of post-Soviet ...
is 34048.
History
The 197th Rocket Engineer Brigade was formed on 20 June 1960 on the basis of the 27th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade. It was initially under the 46th Artillery Range Administration, but from 3 October fell under the 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps. It comprised the 594th, 602nd, 604th, and 621st Rocket Regiments. In May 1961 the brigade was reorganized into the 54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Missile Division with headquarters in the small town of Teykovo.
Since 1961, the 54th Division has performed 36 training launches.
On 27 November 1999 one of the regiments within the 54th Division received the honorific "Ivanovo".
In December 2006, the 54th Division became the first one to receive a mobile version of the RT-2PM2 (SS-27
The RT-2PM2 «Topol-M» (, NATO reporting name: SS-27 "Sickle B", other designations: SS-27 Mod 1, RS-12M1, RS-12M2, formerly incorrectly RT-2UTTKh) is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia, and the f ...
) missile.
In 2010, the 54th Division became the first unit to receive the RS-24 missile.
Commanders
The following officers commanded the division. * 1960–1965: Major General Boris E. Zbraylov * 1965–1969: Major General Anatoly V. Leshin * 1969–1974: Major General Vladimir P. Shilovsky * 1974–1976: Major General Igor B. Urlin * 1976–1983: Major General Ivan I. Oleynik * 1983–1987: Major General Fedor A. Byakin * 1987–1992: Major General Viktor P. Cherenov * 1992–1994: Major General Vasili S. Rudenko * 1994–1997: Major General Leonid E. Sinyakovich * 1997–1999: Major General Pavel A. Chistopolsky * 1999–2007: Major General Yuri A. Pchelintsev * 2007–2010: Colonel Igor R. Fazletdinov * Since September 2010: Colonel Oleg L. GlazunovEquipment
* 1962–1977: R-16U; * 1968–1975:UR-100
The UR-100 () was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed and deployed by the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1996. UR () in its designation stood for Universal Rocket (). It was known during the Cold War by the NATO reporting name SS- ...
;
* 1971–1991: UR-100K;
* Since 1988: RT-2PM
The RT-2PM Topol (; NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU, GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol) was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic ...
;
* Since 10 December 2006: RT-2PM
The RT-2PM Topol (; NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU, GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol) was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic ...
.
* Since 2009: RS-24
Structure
Structure of the unit as of 2015: * 235th Rocket Regiment * 285th Rocket Regiment * 321st Rocket Regiment * 773rd Rocket RegimentReferences