40th Combined Arms Army

40-я общевойсковая армия

Military Unit: 78845

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Yuriy Vladimirovich Tukharinov, 16.12.79 - 22.9.80
• Lieutenant-General Boris Ivanovich Tkach, 23.9.80 - 6.5.82
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Fyodorovich Ermakov, 7.5.82 - 3.11.83
• Lieutenant-General Leonid Evstafevich Generalov, 4.11.83 - 18.4.85
• Lieutenant-General Igor Nikolaevich Rodionov, 19.4.85 - 29.4.86
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Petrovich Dubynin, 30.4.86 - 30.5.87
• Lieutenant-General Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov, 1.6.87 - 15.2.89

Activated 16.12.79 in Tashkent, Tashkent Oblast, from parts of the HQ Turkestan Military District.

Organisation 1980:

• 103rd Guards Airborne Division (Kabul, Afghanistan)
• 5th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Shindand, Afghanistan)
• 108th Motorised Rifle Division (Bagram, Afghanistan)
• 201st Motorised Rifle Division (Kunduz, Afghanistan)
• 56th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade (Kunduz, Afghanistan)
• 66th independent Motorised Rifle Brigade (Jalalabad, Afghanistan)
• 70th independent Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Kandahar, Afghanistan)

Organisation 1988:

• 103rd Guards Airborne Division (Kabul, Afghanistan)
• 5th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Shindand, Afghanistan)
• 108th Motorised Rifle Division (Bagram, Afghanistan)
• 201st Motorised Rifle Division (Kunduz, Afghanistan)
• 56th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade (Gardez, Afghanistan)
• 66th independent Motorised Rifle Brigade (Jalalabad, Afghanistan)
• 70th independent Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Kandahar, Afghanistan)

Disbanded 15.2.89.

Headquarters:

• Tashkent, Tashkent Oblast, 16.12.79 - 12.79
• Kabul, Afghanistan, 12.79 - 2.89 [34 27 55N, 69 07 10E]

Subordination:

• Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan (OKSVA), 12.79 - 2.89