The brigade was initially activated with the Baltic Military District but transferred to the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's 8th Guards Army.

[1] The 11th Missile Brigade was activated in 1961 in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, part of the Baltic Military District.

The brigade was equipped with R-11 Zemlya (SS-1B Scud A) tactical ballistic missiles.

The brigade received R-17 Elbrus (SS-1C Scud B) tactical ballistic missiles in 1988.

In June 1991, the brigade was withdrawn from Germany to Maykop in the North Caucasian Military District, where it was disbanded.