In 1962, the 194th Armored Brigade was created and assigned to the US Army's Combat Developments Command to test new materiel at Fort Ord, California.

[2] The next change occurred in the mid-1960s amid Army-wide reductions to make resources available for the Vietnam War.

The task force consisted of a headquarters company that included Cav Scouts (hmmv and silenced motorcycle) medics and indirect fire infantry (mechanized mortars/M106), three armored companies (M1A2, then M1A3 Abrams), two infantry companies (mechanized) and one field artillery battery (Battery A, 77th Field Artillery - M109 SP 155mm) and a squadron of Apaches.

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.

It consists of: · Parts of the 194th deployed for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm/Provide Comfort in 1990–1991 · Parts of the 194th Deployed to Florida for Hurricane Andrew Relief in 1992 · Parts of the 194th deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope in 1992–1993 This article incorporates public domain material from Lineage and Honors, Headquarters 194th Armored Brigade.