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Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery Group; 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 16 September 1962 as the 40th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 40th Field Artillery
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry [2]: 132 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry [2]: 132 moved to Sông Bé and would stay here until March 1971. Other units stationed at Sông Bé included: 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery (1970) [2]: 101 2nd Battalion, 40th Artillery (1968) [2]: 104 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery [2]: 106 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry [3]
On 4 December, 4/12th Infantry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William S. Schroeder, began landing several kilometers north of Tân Uyên town. That unit together with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 40th Artillery Regiment began constructing Firebase Nashua
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, 2nd Battalion, ARVN 5th Regiment ARVN 37th Ranger Battalion search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: Jun 30 – Jul 31: Operation Benning III [1] 2/1 Cavalry security operation: Bình Định Province: Jul 1 – 6: Operation Holt/Operation Lam Son 286 [1]
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 7 – 11: Operation Beacon Gate [1] [9]: 168–9 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines sweep operations: Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces: Aug 11 – 28: Operation Cochise [1] [9]: 109–11
On 17 June 1967 a battalion of the PAVN 24th Regiment, reinforced with a battalion of the 40th Artillery Regiment, attacked the headquarters of the 42nd Regiment at Tân Cảnh Base Camp. [5]: 298 In late July 1967 the 42nd Regiment was sent into positions north of Đắk Tô as part of Operation Greeley.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 27th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 13th Marines operation: Go Noi Island, southern Quảng Nam Province: 1,017: 240 May 9 – 16: Operation Concordia Square/Lam Son 224 [1] [8]: 74
A year and a half later, the Second was once again reorganized and re-designated the Second Field Artillery Battalion. 2nd Field Artillery Battalion moved to New Post Fort Sill in 1953, and an effort was made to give morale a boost. It was decided that the Unit Crest, a Mule with a Mountain Gun, should be reproduced in real life.