The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division (military unit 32441) is a formation within the 33rd Guards Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces, deployed near Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
History This division was established in May 1964 as the Uzhur Operational Group. In April 1965, it was renamed the 62nd Rocket Division and became part of the . On June 8, 1970, the division was included in the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.
The division's formation is celebrated annually on 13 April.
Equipment Since its inception, the division has been equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles from R-36M family. Since 2022, the division has been reequipping with R-28 Sarmat missiles. Commanders +Commanders of the 62nd Rocket DivisionNo.NameFromTo1Colonel Petr M. Prikhodko196419662Major General Sergei I. Ryzleytsev196619683Major General Nikolai N. Kotlovtsev196819734Major General Viktor S. Sedykh197319765Major General Yevgeny I. Smelik197619836Major General Anatoly F. Martynyenko198319887Major General Viktor I. Aschyeulov198819948Major General Andrei A. Shvaichenko 199419979Colonel Valery Yu. Churakov1997199910Major General Sergei P. Solokhin1999200311Major General Aleksander D. Sivachev2003200612Major General Aleksander Yu. Zubkov2006200813Colonel Yuri G. Kashlev2008201114Colonel Vladimir V. Kvashin2011201415Colonel Sergei A. Omyotov2014present
Structure Structure of the unit as of 2010:
229th Rocket Regiment 269th Rocket Regiment 302nd Rocket Regiment 735th Rocket Regiment
References
External links Michael Holm, [www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/62md.htm 62nd Missile Division]