<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Isifunda Sombutho Sesithathu, esakhiwa ngemuva kwempi eCluj, sashintsha igama laso saba yi-3rd Army Command ngo-Ephreli 30, 1960. Ngalesi sikhathi, ukuqeqeshwa kwezikhulu kanye neqembu kwenziwa ngomqondo omusha wokuvikela izwe kanye nemfundiso yezempi kazwelonke. Izinkulungwane zamasosha zahlanganyela emnothweni wesizwe, kuhlanganise nasekuvuneni. Amabutho ezempi abamba iqhaza elikhulu ekususeni imiphumela yezikhukhula eziyinhlekelele zeminyaka yama-1970 neyama-1975 nokuzamazama komhlaba kuka-1977. Ukungenela kwamazwe athile aseWarsaw Pact eCzechoslovakia ngaphandle kweRomania nokuhlasela leli zwe  <response>: ngo-August 1968, kwaholela ekushintsheni okukhulu kwesakhiwo se- 3rd Army Command. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaqala ukwakhiwa kweDivision entsha engu-81 Mechanized eDež, amaDivision akhona angu-11 no-18 Mechanized avela e-Oradea naseTimișoara aqiniswa, njengoba kwakunjalo ne-6th Tank Division eTârgu-Mureș. Ngonyaka olandelayo 1969, kwaqashelwa ukuthi ikhono lokulwa le-3rd Army Command lakhula ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-75 ngokombono wabasebenzi, futhi cishe ngama-55 avela emishini yezempi. 