49th Armored

The 49th Armored was a Texas-based unit of the United States Army National Guard, originally constituted as the 49th Armored Division in 1946. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the division was part of the post-World War II expansion of the National Guard and was primarily responsible for regional defense and support missions during the Cold War. Though it never saw combat as a division, its elements participated in numerous training exercises and provided disaster relief within Texas. The 49th Armored Division was inactivated in 1968, but its lineage continued through the 49th Armored Brigade and later the 49th Armored Division (Separate), before eventually reorganizing as the 36th Infantry Division in 2004.