140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

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140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
(1973–present)

189th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
(1960s–1973)

66th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
(1943–1960)
Borisov
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Alexey Kovynov
Insignia
2000s brigade insignia

The 140th Borisov Order of Kutuzov Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (

29th Army in the Eastern Military District, stationed at Domna in Zabaykalsky Krai
.

The brigade traces its lineage back to the formation of the 66th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (

Kirovabad in Azerbaijan, where it remained until it was disbanded in 1960. The 189th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was formed from the division and soon became the 189th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. In 1973 the regiment was expanded into the 140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, deploying to Trzebień in Poland as part of the Northern Group of Forces. After the end of the Cold War, the brigade was relocated from Poland to Chita Oblast
, being stationed at Domna from 1994.

World War II

A 37 mm AA gun of the type used by the division during World War II

The 66th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division began forming on 6 October 1943 at the Moscow Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Camp in Pavshino, under the command of Colonel Ivan Korotkikh. It was part of the Moscow Military District, and included the 1981st, 1985th, 1989th, and the 1993rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments.[1] The formation of the division ended on 1 November. In April 1944, Korotkikh became seriously ill with pneumonia and was sent to a hospital in Moscow for treatment.[2] He was replaced by Major General Sergey Sazonov, who command it for the rest of the war.[3]

In June, the division was relocated to the area of

Borisov and was awarded the city's name as an honorific in recognition of its actions.[5]

On 12 November, the division was operationally subordinated to the

Tolkemit area. For capturing Braunsberg, the 66th was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class, on 26 April. Between 28 April and 8 May, it fought in the elimination of the German troops on the Vistula Spit and northwest of Elbing.[5]

Between 16 June 1944 and 9 May 1945, a period of eleven months of combat, the division was credited with 38 German aircraft destroyed and one downed, killing 3,094 soldiers, 25 artillery and mortar batteries, 118 pillboxes, sixteen command posts, nine automobiles, and 63 wagons. Additionally, it captured 402 German soldiers.[5]

Postwar

On 18 June, the division was relocated by rail from Elbing to Minsk, in the area of Kodishi station, and became part of the Minsk Artillery Training Camp of the

Kirovabad later that year. On 27 November 1948 the division received its battle flag. In accordance with a directive of 18 March 1960, the division was disbanded, and its personnel used to form a separate medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery regiment, which later became the 189th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.[5]

Vehicles of the brigade moving to the Telemba training range

Between 1 April and 1 August 1973, the 189th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was reorganized into the 140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, inheriting the traditions of the regiment. In 1976, the brigade was relocated to

29th Army. The brigade includes three anti-aircraft Missile battalions with the Buk missile system.[11]

Commanders

The following officers have commanded the brigade and its predecessor units:[5]

  • Colonel Ivan Korotkikh (6 October 1943–c. 10 May 1944)[12]
  • Major General Sergey Sazonov (appointed 11 May 1944–October 1946)[12][3][13]
  • Colonel Viktor Okorokov (October 1946–July 1947)[13]
  • Colonel Pyotr Shelko (July 1947–before November 1951)[14]
  • Colonel M.A. Yegorov (1948–1952)
  • Colonel N.A. Karandeyev (1954–1959)
  • Colonel A.F. Kostenko (1959–1960)
  • Colonel V.M. Polevichny (1960–1965)
  • Lieutenant Colonel G.S. Machikhin (1965–1967)
  • Colonel V.V. Kiselev (1967–1970)
  • Colonel A.A. Leonov (1970–1972)
  • Colonel A.V. Dianov (1972–1973)
  • Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Shevtsov (1973–1976)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Yu. A. Dorokhov (1976–1977)
  • Colonel N.N. Gavrishchitsin (1977–1983)
  • Colonel Ye. F. Frolov (1983–1985)
  • Lieutenant Colonel V. Yu. Babayev (1985–1988)
  • Colonel A.K. Serebryannikov (1988–1989)
  • Colonel V.N. Tarakanov (1989–1992)
  • Colonel V.G. Orlov (1992–1994)
  • Colonel A.D. Volkov (1994–1995)
  • Colonel V.I. Filippov (1995–1997)
  • Colonel M.M. Belov (1997–1999)
  • Colonel O.I. Belokopytov (1999–2000)
  • Colonel P. Ye. Brykin (2000–2010)
  • Colonel Alexey Kovynov (2013–present)

References

Citations

  1. ^ Gurkin et al. 1972, p. 293.
  2. ^ Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 225.
  3. ^ a b Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 344.
  4. ^ Gurkin et al. 1988, p. 190.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Бригады ПВО СВ" [Air Defense Brigades of the Ground Forces]. mil.ru (in Russian). Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ^ Gurkin et al. 1988, p. 312.
  7. ^ Gurkin et al. 1990, p. 44.
  8. ^ Gurkin et al. 1990, p. 79.
  9. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 410.
  10. ^ Holm, Michael. "140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  11. ^ "Восточный военный округ" [Eastern Military District]. milkavkaz.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  12. ^ a b Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964, p. 392.
  13. ^ a b Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 303.
  14. ^ Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 444.

Bibliography

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