| Title: Name: | 18. guards army | 18th Guards Army |
| Original title: Original Name: | 18-я гвардейская aрмия | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 29.04.1957 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 3. guards mechanized army | 3rd Guards Mechanised Army |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 28.08.1964 | |
| Successor: Successor: | - | - |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 29.04.1957-28.08.1964 the Group of soviet forces in Germany | 29.04.1957-28.08.1964 the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 29.04.1957-28.08.1964 Jüterbog, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | 29.04.1957-16.04.1958 Obukhov, Viktor Timofejevič (colonel-general of tank troops) 16.04.1958-25.05.1959 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (major general of tank troops) 25.05.1959-22.01.1960 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 22.01.1960-07.05.1960 Anisčik, Georgy Stepanovich (major general of tank troops) 07.05.1960-28.08.1964 Anisčik, Georgy Stepanovich (lieutenant-general of tank troops) | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | 15.04.1957-DD.MM.1959 DD.MM.1959-01.07.1960 Tretiak, Ivan Mojsejevič (major general of tank troops) | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | - | - |
| Honors: Decorations: | - | |
| Note: Note: | 29.04.1957-28.08.1964 WOO | 29.04.1957-28.08.1964 HIM |
| Source: Sources: | Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich: Sovětskaja Armija in goda "Cholodnoj war" (1946-1991 gg.). Tomsk, ITGU 2004. Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich - Slugin, Sergey Anatolyevich: Vooružennyje Forces of the USSR messenger Velikoj Otěčestvennoj the army. No. 1. Tomsk, INTL 2013. | |