The Afghanistan War
Soviet Order of Battle

  

The Soviet Limited Contingent of Troops in Afghanistan

Listed below is the Soviet order of battle for the 40th army and its associated units during the period following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.  The units as well as their primary base of operations can be found here.  Units marked with an asterisk * were separate units added to their parent formation from other units.  Those units marked with a minus (-) were operating with units detached to other units and were not at full strength.

Soviet Military Forces in
Afghanistan (1981)

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Soviet 40th Army

Unit Location
    40th Army HQ   Kabul
    1074th Artillery Regiment   Kabul
    28th Separate MRL Regiment   Shindand
    1839th Separate Air Defense Regiment   Kabul
    45th Engineer Regiment   Charikar
    Engineer Road Construction Brigade   Kabul
    103rd Signal Regiment*   Kabul
    247th Repair and Maintenance Bn.*   Kabul
    258th Repair and Maintenance Bn.*   Kabul
               
5th Motor Rifle Division Shindand
    101st Motor Rifle Regiment   Herat
    371st Motor Rifle Regiment   Shindand
    24th Tank Regiment   Shindand
    1060th Artillery Regiment   Shindand
    1122nd Air Defense Regiment   Shindand
5th Motor Rifle Division HQ Troops Shindand & Delram
             
  108th Motor Rifle Division     Bagram
    177th Motor Rifle Regiment   Jabul-Seraj and Hwy 76
180th Motor Rifle Regiment Kabul
181st Motor Rifle Regiment (-) Kabul
285th Tank Regiment (-) Bagram Airfield
479th Artillery Regiment Kabul
1049th Air Defense Regiment Kabul Airfield
108th Motor Rifle Division HQ Troops Bagram
             
  201st Motor Rifle Division     Kunduz
    122nd Motor Rifle Regiment (-)   Kunduz
    149th Motor Rifle Regiment (-)   Kunduz
    395th Motor Rifle Regiment (-)   Doshi
    998th Artillery Regiment   Askalan
    990th Air Defense Regiment   Kunduz
    201st Motor Rifle Division HQ Troops   Kunduz & Askalan
             
  103rd Airborne Division       Kabul
    317th Parachute Regiment (-)   Kabul & Lashkargah
    350th Parachute Regiment (-)   Kabul
    357th Parachute Regiment (-)   Kabul & Miterlam
    66th Motor Rifle Brigade (-)*   Jalalabad & Asadabad
    70th Motor Rifle Brigade*   Kandahar
    56th Air Assault Brigade (-)   Kunduz & Imam Shaib
    191st Motor Rifle Regiment (-)*   Ghazni & Baraki Barak
    860th Motor Rifle Regiment*   Faizabad
    345th Parachute Regiment (-)   Bagram

 

40th Army Air Forces

Unit Location
    115th Fighter Regiment   Bagram Airfield
    136th Fighter-Bomber Regiment   Shindand & Kandahar
    50th Composite Air Regiment   Kabul Airfield
    181st Helicopter Regiment (-)*   Kunduz & Faizabad
    280th Helicopter Regiment*   Kandahar Airfield
    292nd Helicopter Regiment*   Jalalabad Airfield
    146th Helicopter Detachment*   Kunduz Airfield

 

Ministry of Defense Troops Unit Location
    59th Brigade (possible Spetsnaz)   Pul-e-Khomri
1003rd Battalion (possible Spetsnaz) Bagram