3rd Red Banner Combined Arms Army

3-я общевойсковая Краснознамённая армия

Military Unit: 16736

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Maksim Alekseevich Purkaev, 31.12.41 - 26.8.42
• Lieutenant-General Kyzma Nikitovich Galitskiy, 26.8.42 - 20.11.43
• Colonel-General Nikandr Evlampievich Chibisov, 20.11.43 - 5.4.44
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Yushkevich, 5.4.44 - 15.8.44
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Nikanorovich Gerasimov, 15.8.44 - 15.10.44
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Pavlovich Simonyak, 15.10.44 - 16.3.45
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Ivanovich Kuznetsov, 16.3.45 - 10.5.48
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Luchinskiy, 10.5.48 - 11.4.49
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Ryzhov, 11.4.49 - 4.12.50
• Lieutenant-General Andrey Matveevich Andreev, 4.12.50 - 6.1.54
• Colonel-General Dmitriy Fyodorovich Alekseev, 6.1.54 - 29.6.56
• Lieutenant-General Leonid Ivanovich Baukov, 29.6.56 - 11.12.59
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Nikolaevich Frolenkov, 11.12.59 - 11.8.62
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Klyukanov, 11.8.62 - 7.7.65
• Lieutenant-General Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin, 7.7.65 - 18.8.66
• Lieutenant-GeneralVasiliy Moiseevich Gorban, 18.8.66 - 29.8.69
• Lieutenant-General Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov, 29.8.69 - 11.6.71
• Lieutenant-General Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Touzakov, 11.6.71 - 24.1.73
• Lieutenant-General Leonid Ivanovich Kuznetsov, 24.1.73 - 15.11.74
• Lieutenant-General Pyotr Efimovich Makarchuk, 15.11.74 - 21.7.77
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Mikhaylovich Sotskov, 21.7.77 - 7.79
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Vasilevich Skokov, 7.79 - 12.82
• Lieutenant-General Boris Evgenevich Pyankov, 12.82 - 7.85
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Stepanovich Chechevatov, 7.85 - 1987
• Lieutenant-General Aleksey Nikolaevich Mityukhin, 1987 - 10.91

Activated 31.12.41 as the 3rd Shock Army, from the 60th Combined Arms Army.

1954 renamed 3rd Combined Arms Army.

Organisation 1960:

• 47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)
• 18th Motorised Rifle Division (Perleberg, East Germany)
• 32nd Motorised Rifle Division (Stendal, East Germany)
• 94th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Schwerin, East Germany)

Re-organised in 6.64:

• 18th Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to the 2nd Guards Tank Army
• 94th Guards Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to the 2nd Guards Tank Army
• 10th Guards Tank Division was attached from the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army

Organisation 1970:

• 10th Guards Tank Division (Krampnitz, East Germany)
• 47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)
• 207th Motorised Rifle Division (Stendal, East Germany)

15.1.74 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1980:

• 10th Guards Tank Division (Krampnitz, East Germany)
• 47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)
• 207th Motorised Rifle Division (Stendal, East Germany)

Re-organised in 5.83:

• 207th Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to the 2nd Guards Tank Army in exchange for the 12th Guards Tank Division
• 7th Guards Tank Division was attached from the 1st Guards Tank Army

Organisation 1988:

• 7th Guards Tank Division (Rosslau, East Germany)
• 10th Guards Tank Division (Altengrabow, East Germany)
• 12th Guards Tank Division (Neuruppin, East Germany)
• 47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)

Disbanded 3.92.

Headquarters:

• Stendal, East Germany, 6.45 - 1.46(?)
• Magdeburg, East Germany, 1.46 - 1.92 [52 07 27N, 11 35 38E]
• Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray, 1.92 - 3.92

Subordination:

• Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, 11.6.45 - 26.3.54
• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 26.3.54 - 1.6.89
• Western Group of Forces, 1.6.89 - 1.92
• Far Eastern Military District, 1.92 - 3.92