Military unit
The62nd Red Banner Rocket Division (military unit 32441) is a formation within the33rd Guards Rocket Army of theStrategic Rocket Forces , deployed nearUzhur ,Krasnoyarsk Krai .[ 1]
This division was established in May 1964 as the Uzhur Operational Group. In April 1965, it was renamed the 62nd Rocket Division and became part of the7th Separate Guards Missile Corps [ru ] . On June 8, 1970, the division was included in the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.[ 1]
The division's formation is celebrated annually on 13 April.[ 1]
Since its inception, the division has been equipped withintercontinental ballistic missiles fromR-36M family.[ 2] [ 1] R-28 Sarmat missiles.[ 3]
Commanders of the 62nd Rocket Division[ 4] No. Name From To 1 Colonel Petr M. Prikhodko 1964 1966 2 Major General Sergei I. Ryzleytsev 1966 1968 3 Major General Nikolai N. Kotlovtsev 1968 1973 4 Major General Viktor S. Sedykh 1973 1976 5 Major General Yevgeny I. Smelik 1976 1983 6 Major General Anatoly F. Martynyenko 1983 1988 7 Major General Viktor I. Aschyeulov 1988 1994 8 Major General Andrei A. Shvaichenko 1994 1997 9 Colonel Valery Yu. Churakov 1997 1999 10 Major General Sergei P. Solokhin 1999 2003 11 Major General Aleksander D. Sivachev 2003 2006 12 Major General Aleksander Yu. Zubkov 2006 2008 13 Colonel Yuri G. Kashlev 2008 2011 14 Colonel Vladimir V. Kvashin 2011 2014 15 Colonel Sergei A. Omyotov 2014 present
Structure of the unit as of 2010:[ 1]
229th Rocket Regiment 269th Rocket Regiment 302nd Rocket Regiment 735th Rocket Regiment Michael Holm, [www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/62md.htm 62nd Missile Division]
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