Military unit
The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division (military unit 32441) is a formation within the 33rd Guards Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces , deployed near Uzhur , Krasnoyarsk Krai .[1]
History
This division was established in May 1964 as the Uzhur Operational Groups. In April 1965, it was renamed the 62nd Rocket Division and became part of the 7th Independent 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 April 13.[1]
Equipment
Since its inception, the division has been equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles from R-36M family.[2] [1] Since 2022, the division has been reequipping with R-28 Sarmat missiles.[3]
Commanders
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. Shvaychenko
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
Structure of the unit as of 2010:[1]
229th Rocket Regiment
269th Rocket Regiment
302nd Rocket Regiment
735th Rocket Regiment
References
External links
Michael Holm, [www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/62md.htm 62nd Missile Division]
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