40th Army (Soviet Union)

40th Army
Staff headquarters building of the 40th Army, Kabul, 1986
Active	1941–1945, 1979 – c. 1990
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Ground Forces
Type	Combined Arms
Size	varied in size; usually several divisions
Engagements	World War II Second Battle of Kiev Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive Battle of the Dnieper Battle of Kursk Soviet–Afghan War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Boris Gromov

The 40th Army (Russian: 40-я общевойсковая армия, 40-ya obshchevoyskovaya armiya, "40th Combined Arms Army") of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to circa 1990. The Army became the land forces arm of the Soviet occupational force in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces in Afghanistan.