5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
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The 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Russian: 5-я зенитная ракетная бригада (5-я зрбр), romanized: 5-ya zenitnaya raketnaya brigada (5-ya zrbr)) is an air defence brigade of the Russian Ground Forces' 6th Army, stationed at Gorelovo in Saint Petersburg.
5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (1971–present) 919th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (1961–1971) | |
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Russian: 5-я зенитная ракетная бригада | |
Active | 1961–present |
Country | Soviet Union (1961–1991) Russia (1992–present) |
Branch | Soviet Army (1961–1991) Russian Ground Forces (1992–present) |
Type | Surface-to-air missile brigade |
Part of | 6th Army |
Garrison/HQ | Gorelovo MUN 74429 |
Equipment | SA-11 Buk |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Igor Sobelev |
Formed in 1961 at Uzhhorod in Ukraine as the 919th Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, it was equipped with the S-75. In 1968, the regiment was included in the Central Group of Forces (Czechoslovakia) and relocated to the town of Kurzhivody (Kuřivody) next to the city of Mimoni (Mimoň). In the early 1970s the brigade reequipped with the 2K11 Krug (SA-4 'Ganef'). In 1989, the brigade was reequipped with the Buk M1 (SA-11 'Gadfly'), and in June 1990, was relocated to Shuya. The brigade was relocated to Lomonosov and Nenimyaki in 2009, and Gorelovo in 2012.