Historical Composition
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:
- 4th Battalion, 54th Infantry
- 5th Battalion, 73d Armor
- 5th Battalion, 33d Armor
- 5th Battalion, 41st Field Artillery
- Troop D, 10th Cavalry
- 522d Engineer Company
There were the following units assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade (Separate) in 1990. They were:
- HHC, 194th Armored Brigade
- 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry
- 2d Battalion, 10th Cavalry
- Troop D, 10th Cavalry
- 4th Battalion, 15th Infantry
- 19th Engineer Battalion
- 75th Support Battalion
- 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery
- MP Platoon
The brigade downsized to primarily the 19th Engineer Battalion and Task Force 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry. The task force consisted of a headquarters company, two armored (M-1 Abrams) companies, two infantry companies (mechanized) and one field artillery battery (M109 SP 155mm - Battery A, 77th Field Artillery).
The brigade was reduced to a separate battalion task force in 1993, the 2d Battalion, 33d Armor, of which at least three companies were tank and one was mechanized infantry, with sources also mentioning artillery and Bradley M-3 scout companies.
2–33 AR Task Force was finally disbanded in mid-late 1994.
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