The 40th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Russian: 40-я зенитная артиллерийская дивизия) was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.
Formed in the Volga Military District in June 1943, the division was sent into combat a year later with the 7th Army, fighting in the Svir-Petrozavodsk Offensive.
[1] Its first and only wartime commander, Colonel Ivan Khramov, was assigned on 30 August.
The division fought in the capture of Petsamo on 15 October and was awarded the honorific "Pechenga" for its actions.
[8] After the capture of Petsamo and Kirkenes the combat role of the 14th Army was finished and it advanced into Norway.