Editing Regiment (section)

=== Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment ===
An Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment was an important part of a motor rifle division or [[Tank Division (Soviet Union)|Tank Division]]'s effort to envelop the battlefield in an extensive air defence network. Numbering a little over five hundred personnel total, the SAM regiment consisted of a regimental headquarters in charge of twenty [[SA-6 Gainful]]s organised into five missile firing batteries; most were SA-6a platforms although since 1979 a limited number of SA-6bs were also deployed and some regiments used the [[SA-8 Gecko]] as an alternative. Each missile battery, along with the regimental headquarter and missile technical battery, were also equipped with three [[MANPAD]]s, either the [[SA-7 Grail]], [[SA-14 Gremlin]] or [[SA-16 Gimlet]]. Besides the missile technical battery, other support subunits included an artillery reconnaissance battery, motor transport company, maintenance company and chemical protection platoon.{{sfn|United States Army|1991|pages=4-62}}