131st Rocket Brigade

March 2016 131st Rocket Brigade 1960–1993 Soviet Union (1960–1991) Russia (1992–1993) Soviet Army (1960–1991) Russian Ground Forces (1992–1993) Tactical ballistic missile brigade Leningrad Military District Luga 20px Order of Suvorov 3rd class RezekneThe 131st Rocket Brigade was a tactical ballistic missile brigade of the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces from 1960 to 1993. Based at Luga, Leningrad Oblast, it was part of the Leningrad Military District.http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/rbr/131rbr.htm 131st Missile Brigade Holm Michael www.ww2.dk 2016-03-31Атомный таран XX века Shirokorad Alexander Veche 2005 5953306644 Moscow 82 ru Atomic Ram of the 20th Century It was formed from an anti-aircraft artillery regiment.Feskov et al 2013, p. 292 History The 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was part of the 10th Guards Army at the beginning of August 1943, the first time it appears in the Combat composition of the Soviet Army.Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 August 1943 The regiment remained with the 10th Guards Army for the rest of the war. Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1944 and 1945 The regiment helped capture Rezekne in July 1944 under command of Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Petrovich Kazantsev. For its actions the regiment was awarded the honorific "Rezekne".http://militera.lib.ru/h/liberation/09.html Освобождение городов Voenizdat 1985 Moscow ru Liberation of the city Source appears to lack page numbers. During World War II, the regiment also received the Order of Suvorov 3rd class. Between 1945 and 1960 it was known as the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. thumb|R-17 Elbrus missiles of the type used by the 131st Rocket Brigade The brigade was formed in 1960 in Luga with the Leningrad Military District, apparently from parts of the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. Other elements of the regiment became the 59th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade.Feskov et al 2013, p. 293 It included three separate rocket battalions and a technical battery. It was equipped with R-11 Zemlya and R-17 Elbrus tactical ballistic missiles. The brigade was disbanded in 1993. References Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской Feskov V.I. Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Tomsk University Press 2013 9785895035306 1 Land Forces Tomsk ru The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet Category:Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union Category:Theatre rocket brigades of Russia Category:Military units and formations established in 1960 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1993