3rd Shock Army

3rd Shock Army (1941–1954)
3rd Combined Arms Army (1954–1974)
3rd 'Red Banner' Combined Arms Army (1974–1992)
3rd Shock Army (1941–1954); 3rd Combined Arms Army (1954–1974); 3rd 'Red Banner' Combined Arms Army (1974–1992)
Active	25 December 1941–1992
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Size	Varied over time
Part of	Military District
Engagements	Toropets–Kholm Offensive; Velikiye Luki Offensive Operation; Battle of Nevel (1943); Baltic Offensive; Vistula–Oder Offensive; East Pomeranian Offensive; Battle of Berlin

The 3rd Shock Army (Russian: Третья ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War. The "Shock" armies were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armoured and artillery assets than other combined arms armies. Where necessary the Shock armies were reinforced with mechanised, tank, and cavalry units. During the Second World War, some Shock armies included armoured trains and air–sled equipped units.^[1]

^ p.762, Military Encyclopaedic dictionary, Editor in chief C.F. Akhromeyev, Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1986

[1] .762, Military Encyclopaedic dictionary, Editor in chief C.F. Akhromeyev, Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1986

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