former CSLA 2.plro (air defence missile launchers batalion) Kacice

Czech Republic / Stredocesky / Kacice /
 military, abandoned / shut down, surface-to-air missile site / sam
Under commandership of the 71. plrb (air defence and reconnaissance brigade) Slany Drnov (formerly Praha-Ruzyne). Equipped by the Lavochkin S-75 Volchov (Russian: C-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) was a Soviet designed high-altitude, command guided, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. In 1990 rearmed onto the S-300 PMU (SA-10 Grumble) missile launcher system, a Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by the Almaz Corporation. First embattled in CSLA. Site abandoned in 1992 and relocated as of January 1st 1993 due to dissunion of Czechoslovac Republic to armament composition of the Slovak Army.
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Coordinates:   50°10'30"N   13°58'18"E

Comments

  • The pictures are from S-300, not S-75.
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