conditions in the winter. Because of the army's equipment shortages, on March 14, 1945, the Soviets agreed to provide the Bulgarians 344 aircraft, 65 T-34 tanks, 410 guns, 115 anti-aircraft guns, 370 mortars, 370 transport vehicles, and some 30,000 small arms, all free of charge. During 1944–45, the Bulgarian First Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Vladimir Stoychev. On 8 May 1945, Gen. Stoychev signed a demarcation agreement with British V Corps commander Charles Keightley in Klagenfurt, southern Austria. Cold War From 1950, the army was stationed in Sofia. During the Cold War it was reestablished, and it covered mainly the southwestern direction, opposing the Greek Army. The 3rd Army with headquarters in Sliven opposed the Turkish Land Forces' First Army, and the Bulgarian 2nd Army with its headquarters in Plovdiv was planned to support the 1st and 3rd Armies). In 1988 the army included the: 1st Motor Rifle Division (Bulgaria) (Slivnitsa, Bulgaria) 3rd Motor Rifle Division (Bulgaria) (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria) 21st Motorised Rifle Division (Bulgaria) (Pazardzhik, Bulgaria) 9th Tank Brigade (Bulgaria) (Gorna Banya, Bulgaria) 46th Missile Brigade (Samokov, Bulgaria) 5th Army Artillery Regiment (Samokov, Bulgaria) 35th Army Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Samoranovo, Bulgaria) 1st Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment Other smaller units included the 88th Army Engineer Regiment (Kyustendil, Bulgaria); the 4th Army Communications Regiment (Sofia); the 38th Army Chemical Defence Battalion (Musachevo, Bulgaria); the 1st Cable-Layer Communications Battalion (Sofia); the 1st independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Sofia); and the 1st Army Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion (Gorna Banya). During a series of reforms following the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the end of the Cold War, the 1st Army was reformed into the 1st Army Corps, later into the West Command, comprising mainly the 9th Mechanized Brigade (Bulgaria) (in Gorna Banya) and mobilization units. With the adoption of Plan 2004 and Plan 2015 for organizational development of the Bulgarian Army forces, the command was first disbanded, later the 9th Mechanized Brigade was reformed into a brigade command with two mechanized battalions (in Gorna Banya and Blagoevgrad), and finally the brigade command was disbanded as the last successor unit of the 1st Bulgarian Army. Commanders Major General (Lieutenant General of August 2, 1912) Vasil Kutinchev (1912 - 1913) Lieutenant General Kliment Boyadzhiev (October 1915 - September 11, 1916) Major General (Lieutenant General of May 20, 1917) Dimitar Geshov (September 11, 1916 - December 1917) Major General (Lieutenant General of August 15, 1917) Stefan Nerezov (July