54th Guards Rocket Division: Difference between revisions

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| unit_name = 54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Rocket Division

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| dates = 25 June 1960 – present

| country = {{flag|Soviet Union}} (1960–91)<br />{{flag|Russia}} (since 1991)

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| branch = [[File:Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces.png|24px]] [[Strategic Rocket Forces]]

| type = Missile division

| command_structure = [[27th Guards Missile Army]]

| garrison = [[Teykovo]], [[Ivanovo Oblast]]

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'''54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Rocket Division''' ({{lang-ru|54-я гвардейская ордена Кутузова ракетная дивизия}}) is a strategic rocket division under command of the [[27th Guards Missile Army]] of the [[Strategic Rocket Forces]] of Russia headquartered at [[Teykovo]] in [[Ivanovo Oblast]]. Its [[Military Unit Number]] is 34048.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=54-я гвардейская ракетная ордена Кутузова дивизия (в/ч 34048) |url=https://rvsn.info/divisions/div_054.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719235924/https://rvsn.info/divisions/div_054.html |archive-date=2023-07-19 |website=rvsn.info |language=ru}}</ref>

The 197th Rocket Engineer Brigade was formed on 20 June 1960 on the basebasis of the 27th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade.<ref>Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/54gvmd.htm 54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Missile Division], accessed September 2010</ref> It was initially under the 46th Artillery Range Administration, but from 10.3.61 October fell under the 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps. It comprised the 594th, 602nd, 604th, and 621st Rocket Regiments. In May 1961 the Brigadebrigade was reorganized into the 54th Guards Order of Kutuzov Missile Division with Headquartersheadquarters in the small town of [[Teykovo]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/54gvmd.htm|title=54th Guards Missile Division|last=Holm|first=Michael|website=ww2.dk|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref>

Since 1961, the 54th Division has performed 36 training launches.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

On 27 November 1999 one of the regiments within the 54th Division received anthe honorablehonorific title ''"Ivanovo''". {{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In December 2006, the 54th Division became the first one to receive a mobile version of the RT-2PM2 ([[SS-27]]) missile.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In 2010, the 54th Division became the first unit to receive the [[RS-24]] missile.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

* 2007-20102007–2010: Colonel Igor R. Fazletdinov

* Since September 2010: Colonel Oleg L. Glazunov

* 1962—19771962–1977: [[R-16 (missile)|R-16U]];

* 1968—19751968–1975: [[UR-100]];

* 1971—19911971–1991: [[UR-100|UR-100K]];

[[Category:Rocket divisions of the {{Soviet Union and Russia]]divisions}}