Английская Википедия:131st Rocket Brigade

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Шаблон:Infobox military unitThe 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.[1][2] It was formed from an anti-aircraft artillery regiment.[3]

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.[4] The regiment remained with the 10th Guards Army for the rest of the war. [5]

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".[6] 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.[3]

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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,[2] apparently from parts of the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. [3] Other elements of the regiment became the 59th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade.[7] 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.[1]

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 Feskov et al 2013, p. 292
  4. Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 August 1943
  5. Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1944 and 1945
  6. Шаблон:Cite book Source appears to lack page numbers.
  7. Feskov et al 2013, p. 293