1st Guards Rocket Brigade

1st Guards Rocket Brigade Sleeve patch of the 1st Guards Rocket Brigade.svg 1920–present Soviet Union (until 1991) SOV (until 1991)RUS Rocket artillery Brigade 49th Combined Arms Army Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Krai Orshanskaya 9K720 Iskander World War II Battle of Orsha Russo-Georgian WarRussian invasion of Ukraine 2nd Class 2nd Class Orsha Honorifics The 1st Guards Orshanskaya Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rocket Brigade (Military Unit Number 31853) is a missile formation of the Russian Ground Forces, based in Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Krai. It is part of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. Origins and Second World War The brigade traces its history to July 1920. That year, a heavy artillery divizion was formed, which became part of the 48th Rifle Division.Ракетчики Южного военного округа выполнили боевые пуски из ОТРК «Искандер-М" https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12059313@egNews 2017-02-09 Пресс-служба Южного военного округа 2018-10-29 Later it was reorganized into a cannon artillery regiment and then into the 14th Guards Heavy Cannon Artillery Brigade on June 25, 1943, as part of the 4th Guards Heavy Cannon Artillery Division.V.I. Feskov K.A. Kalashnikov V.I. Golikov Appendix to Chapter 5 (5.1) The Red Army in Victories and Defeats 1941-1945 Tomsk Tomsk University Publishing House 2003 266 5-7511-1624-0 The regiment received its baptism of fire at the village of Vainikola in June 1941.September 2019 In July 1943, for showing courage in the battles against the Nazi invaders the brigade was ranged among the Guards. A year later, in July 1944, for the capture of Orsha, an important railway junction, 14th Guards Heavy Cannon Artillery Brigade was given the honorary name "Orsha". On February 19, 1945, by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the brigade was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree for the exemplary performance of combat missions. May 17, 1945 for its heroism during the capture of the fortress of Konigsberg the brigade was awarded the Order of Suvorov.http://bastion-opk.ru/1-rak-brigad Оружие Отечества, Weapons of the Fatherland. Информационный Ресурс По Оружию И Военной Технике. Information Resource on Weapons and Military Equipment 1946-1991 Until 1960, the brigade remained the 14th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade. In 1960 the 114th Guards Rocket Brigade was activated at Dolgorukovo, Kaliningrad Oblast, with SS-1 Scud missiles.Michael Holm http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/rbr/114gvrbr.htm 114th Guards Missile Brigade In the last years of the Soviet Union, the brigade was designated the 114th Guards Rocket Brigade and was at Borne-Sulinovo in Poland, part of Northern Group of Forces.Feskov V.I. Golikov V. I. Kalashnikov K. A. Slugin S. A. Armed Forces of the USSR after the Second World War: from the Red Army to the Soviet. Part 1: Ground Forces Tomsk Tomsk University Press 2013 292, 410 978-5-89503-530-6 1991- Russian Federation After the fall of the Soviet Union, the brigade is listed as serving with 67th Army Corps in the Caucasus, circa 2000. In 2000, the brigade had 310 personnel in Tochka. In August 2008, the brigade took part in the war in South Ossetia. 2009: 12 Tochka-U. In 2011 4 Iskander launchers were delivered. 09.2012 Kavkaz-2012, launched Iskander. Total: 12 9K720 Iskander.https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12059313@egNews Ракетчики Южного военного округа выполнили боевые пуски из ОТРК «Искандер-М» Пресс-служба Южного военного округа 2 September 2017 2018-10-29Лучшая бригада… и Точка http://old.redstar.ru/2010/07/20_07/2_01.html 2010-07-20 Красная звезда 2018-10-29 References https://voinskaya-chast.ru/vooruzhennye-cily/cuxoputnye-vojska/raketnye-vojska-i-artilleriya/voinskaya-chast-31853.html Category:Theatre rocket brigades of Russia Category:Artillery units and formations of Russia Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Military formations of the Southern Military District