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The 40th Army was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War. It was composed of the 118th, 119th, and 120th Divisions.[1]
In the morning of Oct. 25, the 118th Division of the 40th Army ambushed the 3rd Infantry battalion of ROK 6th Division, destroying the ROK unit as an organized force.[2]
The 40th Army' attacked the 9th and 38th Infantries of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division about eighteen miles northeast of Kunu-ri along the Chongchon River.[3]
The unit appears to still be active as the 40th Group Army in the Shenyang Military Region.[4]