. The tanks were used by the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, during Exercise REFORGER '86. of the 1-632 Armor firing on a tank range at Fort McCoy, 1990 On 1 April 1963, the regiment was created on the basis of elements of the 105th Armor Regiment. The regiment was initially represented by the 1st and 2nd Battalions, but the 30 December 1967 reorganization of the National Guard eliminated the 2nd Battalion. The Green Bay-based Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Companies A and C of the 2nd Battalion were consolidated into the headquarters and headquarters company of the 1st Battalion,
127th Infantry. Company B at
Sparta was consolidated into the new 105th Light Equipment Maintenance Company together with headquarters and headquarters troop of the 1st Squadron,
105th Cavalry and Troop C of the same squadron. The same reorganization also eliminated the
32nd Infantry Division, and the 1st Battalion, 632nd Armor became a nondivisional unit under the control of the 264th Armor Group headquarters. Changes in the 1st Battalion were the conversion of Company B, 3rd Battalion, 127th Infantry at
Antigo to Company B of the 1-632 Armor and Battery A,
1st Battalion, 120th Artillery at
Mosinee to Company C of the 1-632 Armor. The battalion headquarters and headquarters company remained at
Wausau and Company A remained at
Merrill. On 1 April 1971 the battalion was realigned under the
32nd Infantry Brigade, the successor to the 32nd Infantry Division, when the brigade converted from infantry to mechanized infantry. At the same time, the battalion headquarters company was split into a headquarters company and a support company. The
M48-equipped battalion, more than 500-strong, was sent to West Germany with the brigade in January 1986 for three weeks to participate in
Exercise Reforger '86. The battalion received the first of 58
M60A3 tanks in February 1987. In late 2001, the 1st Battalion, 632nd Armor was inactivated as a result of the reorganization of the 32nd Infantry Brigade from mechanized to light infantry. Its 58
M1P Abrams tanks were shipped out of Wisconsin. Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Wausau became Detachment 1 of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 32nd Infantry Brigade, Company A at Merrill became Troop E, 105th Cavalry, Company B at Antigo became Detachment 1 of Troop E, 105th Cavalry, Company C at
Marinette became Company D, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry and Company D at Mosinee became Detachment 1, Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery. == Notes ==