194th Armored Brigade (United States)
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In 1957, the 194th Armored Brigade was formed by the US Army's Combat Developments Command to test new materiel at Fort Ord, California. It assumed the mission of the tank battalion of the 5th Infantry Division previously there.[1] The next change occurred in the mid 1960s amid Army-wide reductions to make resources available for the Vietnam War. In a personnel-saving action, the Combat Developments Command's 194th Armored Brigade at Fort Ord was replaced by a battalion-size combat team and reorganized at Fort Knox to support the Armor School in place of the 16th Armor Group. Under the new configuration the brigade included one mechanized infantry and two armored battalions.[2]
David Isby & Charles Kamps Jr record the composition of the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) in 1984 in Armies of NATO’s Central Front as including 4-15 Infantry, 1-69 Armor, 5-73 Armor, and 5-41 Field Artillery, plus Troop D, 10th Cavalry, and the 522nd Engineer Company.
The Brigade was reduced to an independent battalion task force in 1993, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Armor [Task Force], of which at least three companies were tank, one mechanised infantry, with sources also mentioning artillery and Bradley M-3 scout companies.[3]
2-33 AR Task Force was finally disbanded in mid-late 1994.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter11.htm
- ^ http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter12.htm
- ^ Blog posting by former 194th Bde (2-33 AR) crews
- David Isby & Charles Kamps Jr, Armies of NATO’s Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1984
