he Army evolves dynamically and permanently in order to be in conditions to carry out the missions that it may be assigned. Updating preparation and Torganisation, new acquisitions and the participation of our units in the most varied national and international missions are aspects that make up the great challenges to be faced. The Army aims to achieve fully operational, immediate employment units that are adapted at all times to the strategic scenario. The nature of operations and the need to guarantee optimum security conditions demand having available modern, efficient materiel. The Leopard battle tank and the Tigre attack helicopter, along with other acquisition programmes such as the 155/52 mm howitzer, the medium range Spike missile or the 8x8 armoured wheeled vehicle mean a substantial increase in our capabilities. Tactical unmanned aerial systems and the Lynx and RG-31 light multipurpose vehicles, in addition to contributing to this modernisation process, have considerably boosted our troops’ level of protection in the area of operations. The readiness of our units to be employed in any type of missions, together with multinational headquarters integration capability have allowed Spain to play a relevant role within the international framework. The need for physical presence on the ground, as conflicts take place within the population, makes Spanish Army participation more and more numerous and demanding. Multinational peace-keeping operations, in such diverse scenarios, have allowed us to acquire extensive experience. All this has facilitated both the generation and preparation of forces. Our vocation for the whole, our facility to integrate actors that are not purely military, together with our capability to integrate multinational structures, places us in line with what the 21st century Army must be and permits us to act in all types of missions and scenarios. I am convinced that Spain has a modern, effective and united Army; with men and women who have known how to adapt themselves to the new demands, maintain the spirit of sacrifice, loyalty and dedication that characterises us; and with a permanent will to serve the Country. This is an Army that has merited the recognition and confidence of the Spanish people owing to their work, both in operations and in Spain.

FULGENCIO COLL BUCHER CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

ARMY

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY TECHNICAL ORGANISATIONS CABINET AND AGENCIES

DEFENCE STAFF UNDERSECRETARIAT SECRETARIAT DEFENCE STAFF ON GENERAL SECRETARIAT ON DEFENCE DEFENCE POLICY

ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE MILITARY DISASTER CIVIL GUARD RELIEF UNITY

ccording to article 8 of the Spanish Constitution, the Armed Forces have the mission of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of Spain, as well as defending her territorial integrity, constitution and laws. ADefence policy derives from the National Defence Directive, which the President of the Government signs and it constitutes the basis of national defence planning. In turn other documents emanate from this Directive such as the Directive on Military Defence and others specific to the Armed Forces, where they are given missions and assignments. In turn, Constitutional Law 5/2005 includes both military organisation and the missions of Powers of the State in relation with national defence. In its 13th article basic Army organisation and the missions corresponding to its Chief of Staff are specified. The organisation and deployment of the Army Force is included in Royal Decree 416/2006, and partially modified by Defence Orders 3771/2008 and 1298/2009. The Army is the Armed Forces component which has the main responsibility in the defence of the national territory, through its joint contribution to National Defence within the scope of the Armed Forces. 3 spanish army ARMY

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FORCE HEADQUARTERS FORCE SUPPORT

Directive 70/2011 from the Chief of the Army Staff determines Army Organisation and Operation Regulations. It includes the responsibilities of the Chief of the Army Staff, the organisational structure of the Army, its system of Command and Direction as well as the relations to establish within its scope of responsibility.

The Army, under the authority of the Chief of the Army Staff, is made up of Headquarters, Force and Force Support.

Through the organisational structure, command is exercised over the various organisations, as well as over the Units, Centres and Army Agencies in fulfilment of the missions assigned to each of them.

The Units, Centres and Army Agencies are found situated on Bases, Barracks and Establishments.

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CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

ARMY STAFF CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF’S CABINET

LEGAL COUNCIL

1ST INFORMATION MILITARY CULTURE INFANTRY AND COMMUNICATION AND HISTORY REGIMENT SYSTEM COMMAND INSTITUTE

Headquarters is constituted by a set of agencies and organisations that incorporate the material and human resources needed to assist the Chief of the Army Staff in the exercise of command over the Army.

The Army Staff is the Chief of the the Army Staff’s main command support organisation, being responsible for providing him with the decision-making elements needed to fundament his decisions, translate these into orders and monitor their fulfilment, thus managing any issues that the aforementioned authority determines as Chief of the Army Staff. 5 spanish army FORCE

CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

HIGH READINESS CANARY OPERATIONAL ISLANDS LAND FORCE LAND HEADQUARTERS COMMAND LOGISTIC FORCE

The Force is the pool of human and material assets assembled and organised with the main aim of preparedness for undertaking military operations. In the Army there is a single headquarters (p. 11) with capability to create headquarters which serve to lead multinational land operations and, when necessary, the Land Component of a joint organisation in an allied context. Likewise, there is a single command responsible for the generation of the force required by the Armed Forces operational structure. All combat supports are concentrated at the highest level in order to obtain the greatest asset generation flexibility. The Brigade is configured as the fundamental manoeuvre element in which all basic operational capabilities are integrated in order to allow for a fast, unified, initial response.

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LAND FORCE

HEADQUARTERS

BALEARIC CEUTA MELILLA LIGHT HEAVY GENERAL GENERAL GENERAL FORCES FORCES COMMAND COMMAND COMMAND

SPECIAL ARMY FIELD ANTI-AIRCRAFT FORCES HELICOPTER ARTILLERY ARTILLERY COMMAND FORCES COMMAND COMMAND

SIGNALS ENGINEERS Other BRIGADE COMMAND Support Units

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LIGHT FORCES COMMAND

HEADQUARTERS

2ND 6TH 5TH 7TH MOUNTAIN LIGHT INFANTRY PARATROOPS LIGHT INFANTRY LIGHT INFANTRY TROOPS LEGION LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS BRIGADE BRIGADE

HEAVY FORCES COMMAND

HEADQUARTERS

10TH 11TH 12TH 12TH 2ND MECHANISED MECHANISED ARMOURED CAVALRY CAVALRY INFANTRY INFANTRY INFANTRY RECONNAISSANCE BRIGADE BRIGADE BRIGADE BRIGADE REGIMENT

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OTHER LAND FORCE UNITS

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HIGH READINESS LAND HEADQUARTERS

The High Readiness Land Headquarters is made up of: a National Staff and an International Staff. Its subordinate units, Intelligence Regiment, Headquarters Battalion and Military Police Battalion confer it the essential capabilities to carry out its functions that as an expeditionary headquarters it requires.

The High Readiness Land Headquarters is a national organisation that is at the disposal of the Atlantic Alliance and the European Union in the manners specified in signed accords and memorandums. It is open to participation by Armed Forces personnel from other member Countries.

This High Readiness Land Headquarters may be used as a command structure in specific land or joint operations on a purely national scope, or within the scope of collective Security and Defence organisations.

The High Readiness Land Headquarters is an organisation with the capability to create Headquarters which serve to lead multinational land operations, and when appropriate, the Land Component is a joint organisation in an allied context.

The High Readiness Land Headquarters, with the presence of allied personnel, is constituted in a permanent nature as the Atlantic Alliance’s Rapid Deployment Corps Headquarters with the official name of “Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Spain” (HQ NRDC-SP) with the nature of a multinational headquarters.

The new NATO strategic concept, approved at the Lisbon summit in 2010, reinforces the role of this type of Headquarters, and provides the option of its employment as a Joint Task Force Headquarters during the JUL 2014-JUL 2015 period of alert.

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CANARY ISLANDS COMMAND

HEADQUARTERS

94TH 16TH 6TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT LIGHT INFANTRY HELICOPTER ARTILLERY BRIGADE BATTALION REGIMENT

The Canary Islands command is made up of all Army Units deployed in the Canary archipelago, which, reporting directly to this Command, have the main mission of preparedness to constitute, rapidly and effectively, specific land operational organisations capable of being integrated into other joint and combined 12 organisations in order to materialise the required military effort. spanish army FORCE

OPERATIONAL LOGISTIC FORCE

HEADQUARTERS

LOGISTICS MEDICAL BRIGADE BRIGADE

11TH 1ST LOGISTIC SUPPORT MEDICAL GROUP GROUP

21ST 3RD LOGISTIC SUPPORT MEDICAL GROUP GROUP

41ST FIELD HOSPITAL LOGISTIC SUPPORT GROUP GROUP

61ST LOGISTIC SUPPORT MEDICAL GROUP LOGISTIC SUPPORT UNIT

81ST LOGISTIC SUPPORT GROUP

The Operational Logistic Force is the group of Army Units that have the missions of preparedness to provide, in the Force action scenario, the logistic support needed for operations; to provide at its level in the national scope, the logistic support needed by Army Units, Centres and Organisations to maintain their operational capabilities; and, when so stipulated, to provide the sustainment and logistic support that from the home country need to be provided 13 to the projected force. spanish army FORCE

LOGISTICS BRIGADE

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MEDICAL BRIGADE

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CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

TRAINING ARMY PERSONNEL ARMY INSPECTION ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND DOCTRINE LOGISTIC SUPPORT COMMAND GENERAL DIRECTORATE COMMAND COMMAND

Force Support is made up of the combination of organisations responsible for planning, at its level, the direction, management, administration and control of material, financial and human assets assigned to the Army.

Within its scope, Force maintenance is directed and controlled, logistic support activities are carried out which enable the life and operation of the Units, Centres and Organisations, and support to preparation activities are undertaken.

Force Support undertakes the actions needed to the end of providing the Army with everything necessary to fulfil its missions, while these actions remain subordinate to those which in this scope may belong to or be assigned to higher level organisations of a common or joint nature.

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE

The Economic Affairs Directorate is the organisation responsible for planning, at its level, the direction, management, administration, control of financial recourses, remunerations, hiring and accounting. Also corresponding to it are the technical elaboration of the draft budget and the centralisation of all information, both on the forecast and execution of programmes such as the budget. It advises the Chief of the Army Staff on these matters, and likewise corresponding to it is the administration of the financial resources that it may be allotted, as well the administration of the resources unassigned to other organisations. It reports to the General Directorate on Economic Affairs.

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TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND

TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND

EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, DOCTRINE, HEADQUARTERS TRAINING AND EVALUATION ORGANISATION AND MATERIALS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT

The Training and Doctrine Command is the Force Support organisation responsible within the scope of the Army for direction, inspection, co-ordination and research in matters regarding doctrine, organisation, materials, education and instruction, training and evaluation systems for their combat application. As well, it leads the lessons learned process. It is also responsible for the development at its level of the missions derived from the current legislation in matters of physical-military education, driver training and road safety education. It advises the Chief of the Army Staff in these matters, and holds before him the representation on behalf of the Arms and Corps.

The Training and Doctrine Command reports functionally to the General Directorate on Recruitment and Military Training regarding educational and military training matters, while being under Under Secretariat of Defence co-ordination.

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LOGISTIC SUPPORT COMMAND

ARMY LOGISTIC SUPPORT COMMAND

WEAPONS SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE TRANSPORTATION HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT

The Army Logistic Support Command is the Force Support organisation responsible within the scope of the Army for direction, management, administration and control in matters of weapons systems procurement, supply, maintenance, transport and systems engineering. It advises the Chief of the Army Staff in these matters.

The Logistic Support Command reports functionally to the General Directorate on Weapons and Materiel in matters of supply, maintenance and systems engineering, while under State Secretariat on Defence co-ordination.

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ARMY INSPECTION GENERAL

ARMY INSPECTION GENERAL

ARMY BASE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT

SECOND ARMY THIRD ARMY FOURTH ARMY FIFTH ARMY DEPUTY INSPECTION DEPUTY INSPECTION DEPUTY INSPECTION DEPUTY INSPECTION (SOUTH) (EAST) (NORTH) (CANARY ISLANDS)

The Army Inspection General is the Force Support organisation, which, while reporting directly to the Chief of the Army Staff, is responsible for direction, management, co-ordination and control on matters of infrastructure, Base, Barracks and Army Establishment security, life of garrisoned units, centres and organisations, labour risk prevention, as well as development of policies on internal procedures of Bases, Barracks and Establishments.

Is also undertakes, within the scope of its competence, functions regarding properties, environmental protection, as well as regions and installations of interest for National Defence.

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ARMY INSPECTION GENERAL

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PERSONNEL COMMAND

PERSONNEL COMMAND

PERSONNEL PERSONNEL HEALTH CARE HEADQUARTERS ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT

The Personnel Command is the Force Support organisation responsible within the scope of the Army for the direction, management, administration and control in matters of personnel management, assistance and health care. It advises the Chief of the Army Staff on these matters.

The Personnel Command is functionally accountable to the General Personnel Directorate and the General Recruitment and Military Training Directorate, while under co-ordination by the Under Secretariat of Defence.

Also accountable to the Personnel Command are the Army Orphans Trust, the Permanent Committee on Evaluation and the Army Personnel Advisory Council.

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CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Following the Joint Chief of the Defence Staff’s guidelines, the Army participates in numerous international forums, as it contributes substantially to the collective defence of the Atlantic Alliance, the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy, land doctrine development in the FINABEL forum and undertakes bilateral activities with countries of interest.

NATO At the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, NATO approved its new Strategic Concept, which among other aspects, focuses efforts on disposing of deployable forces and having capability to support them in operations.

In keeping with this, at this Summit, NATO approved the transformation and reduction of its own structure.

NATO military structure comprises the Command Structure and the Force Structure.

NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE, NCS

ACO ACT Mons Norfolk (BELGIUM) (USA)

JFHQ JFHQ Brunssum Naples (HOLLAND) (ITALY)

LANDCOM AIRCOM MARCOM Izmir Ramstein Northwood (TURKEY) (GERMANY) (UNITED KINGDOM)

The Command Structure approved in 2011 is made up of headquarters established on a permanent basis, as well as other entities and agencies, at strategic, operational and tactical level.

At the strategic level NATO has an Allied Operations Command (ACO) and an Allied Transformation Command (ACT).

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The Allied Operations Command exercises global command of all NATO operations, so assuming their planning and execution.

At the operational level there are two Joint Force Headquarters, one situated in Brunssum (Holland) and another in Naples (Italy).

Also, there are three specific Commands, land, sea and air, respectively situated in Izmir (Turkey), Northwood (United Kingdom) and Ramstein (Germany).

The Allied Transformation Command, based in Norfolk (United States), co-operates with the Operations Command in the areas of transformation, development of new capabilities, instruction and training.

Army personnel of various employments and specialities permanently work within the NATO Command Structure and are posted to the Headquarters of ACO (Belgium), ACT (United States), JFHQ Brussum (Netherlands) and JFHQ Naples (Italy).

NATO FORCE STRUCTURE, NFS Force structure is made up of national and multinational forces and headquarters, put at the Alliance’s disposal by the countries in a temporary or permanent manner and according to established availability criteria.

NATO Force Structure Headquarters are grouped into two main categories, on the basis of their degree of readiness, high HQ HRF(L) or lower HQ FLR(L).

Spain is the framework nation for two of the HQs HRF(L) in the NATO Force Structure: The Eurocorps and the Spanish High Readiness Land Headquarters (HQ NRDC-SP).

The Spanish Army provides the bulk of the personnel and assets at HQ NRDC-SP, situated in Bétera, where eight other countries actively contribute by keeping personnel posted as well as participating in the shared expenses.

HQ NRDC-SP is a command structure designed and trained for Army Corps level and Land Component level command and control operations. Its first operational deployment took place in 2012, paired up with the Eurocorps, in Afghanistan.

In line with the 2010 Strategic Concept, HQ NRDC-SP structure has been adapted to incorporate a global focus into its planning, command and control functions.

Recently the capability has also been under study for command and control of joint operations (inter-armies) whose land component is Division or Brigade level.

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NATO FORCE STRUCTURE HEADQUARTERS

HQ NRDC-SP is a unique effort by the Spanish Army which allows placing Spain in the small group of leader countries in the land scope and maintaining close ties with the allied military structure. In this line as well, Spanish Army personnel are kept permanently posted at the remaining NATO Force Structure lower readiness Headquarters in Germany, France, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom and Turkey.

RESPONSE FORCE (NRF) The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a joint, high readiness, multinational force whose main aim is to provide a rapid military response in the face of arising crises, when the Atlantic Council so decides.

The NRF is a catalyser of allied army transformation. The Spanish Army has led the NRF land component regularly, by providing the command and main land elements of this high readiness force during the second semester of 2005 and during the first semester of 2009,and it will do so again for a year during the 2014-2017 period. 28 spanish army INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Likewise the Spanish Special Operations Command has assumed leadership of the Special Operations Command Component Headquarters of NRFs 9, 10 and 12.

As well, the Spanish Army contributes with different land capabilities in most of the rotations led by other countries.

EUROCORPS The Eurocorps is a multinational land Headquarters, in which Spain is one of its five framework nations.

The Eurocorps was created at the initiative of Germany and France in 1992. Subsequently, Belgium, Spain (1994) and Luxemburg joined. In 2007 Poland expressed its interest in being incorporated in this multinational Headquarters and began the membership process in 2008.

The Spanish Army contributes 21% of the Eurocorps Headquarters personnel and puts at its disposal up to a Division Headquarters and two Mechanised Brigades, in addition to other support. Eurocorps framework nations provide, on a rotating basis, the command group General Officers. On two occasions a Spanish Army lieutenant general has held the command of the Eurocorps, from 1999-2001 and from 2007-09.

The Eurocorps, whose headquarters is situated in Strasbourg (France), may deploy on missions of the European Union or NATO (it has been certified as a High Readiness Land Headquarters, according to NATO criteria in 2002), or it may also act independently.

The Eurocorps has participated in NATO operations in the Balkans and on two occasions in Afghanistan (the most recent in 2012) along with the Spanish High Readiness Headquarters (HQ NRDC-SP).

EUROPEAN UNION Through the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union has been provided with a Common Security and Defence Policy, in order to achieve an intervention capability in the widest spectrum of crisis management, by means of the synergy of its countries’ civilian and military possibilities.

In order to be in conditions to undertake these missions in their military aspect, a permanent military structure has been established at the heart of the European Union Council with a Military Committee and a Staff, both with an advisory mission. The Union set a Force Objective for 2010 (HLG 2010), so that the countries have offered a series of different military capabilities, which make up the 2007 Forces Catalogue (FC 07). 29 spanish army INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The Spanish Army contributes to this Forces Catalogue with a high readiness Army Corps Headquarters and elements to constitute a Division Headquarters, a Brigade Headquarters, as well as modules that allow generation of a Brigade entity force or two Task Forces, one light and the other mechanised, along with a wide range of combat and logistic supports.

EUROPEAN UNION BATTLE GROUPS (BG) The EU military ambition level establishes the possibility of assuming two simultaneous crisis management operations, for which great rapid response capability is required. To achieve this, in 2004 the Battle Group (BG) concept was implemented, a high readiness unit organised with core troops from a land Battalion, with air and sea elements that facilitate its deployment and action, according to an agreed rotating shift, with two Battle Groups activated simultaneously every six months.

The Spanish Army led European Union Battle Groups in 2008 and 2010, by contributing the Force Headquarters (FHQ) and a Battle Group with core troops from a reinforced Light Infantry Group, along with other combat and logistic supports.

In addition, the Spanish Army regularly contributes with capabilities and build-up personnel in Battle Groups led by other European countries, as it has participated since Eurocorps creation in three other Union Battle Groups.

FINABEL FINABEL is a forum for the exchange of information and doctrinal studies of great interest for the Spanish Army. It was created in 1953 by the armies of Belgium, France, Holland, Italy and Luxemburg.

It is the only European multinational organisation within the scope of the armies, and it constitutes an irreplaceable tool to promote dialogue and exchange of ideas in the field of doctrine.

Its organisation and operation are governed by the “FINABEL Charter”, a document subscribed by the member countries’ Army Chiefs of Staff. The Spanish Army has belonged to FINABEL since 1990.

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At present members of this organisation are the armies of: Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, Luxemburg, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Poland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Romania and Finland.

Since 2005, any country belonging to the European Union may join FINABEL. In fact, at the 2007 meeting of the Army Chiefs of Staff Committee, which is part of the organisation and was held in Madrid on 14th and 15th of March, it was agreed to promote new memberships.

FINABEL aims to become the land forces doctrinal reference framework at the heart of the European Union.

BILATERAL RELATIONS Within the framework of bilateral relations, the Army contributes to the Defence Diplomacy Plan, established in 2011, by means of the biennial defence diplomacy programme, which specifies the most important activities carried out in the scope of diplomacy by the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces.

On behalf of the Army multiple instruments are used to undertake this aspect, as focus is placed principally on Staff meetings, working sessions among chiefs of Army Staff, technical accords with countries of interest, exchanges in the area of training and education, participation in exercises and holding bilateral meetings with similar countries.

The prioritization of these activities is focalised on those neighbouring countries with which we share common interests within international organisations such as NATO and the European Union. They also take place with countries that due to proximity or cultural and historic links facilitate these exchanges, as those of the Mediterranean basin both on the European continent as well as the African, and the Latin American ones.

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LEOPARDO 2E

r Country of origin ...... Germany r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Crew ...... 4 Personnel r Combat weight ...... 62 T r Length ...... 9,67 m r Width ...... 3.75 m r Maximum speed ...... 70 Km/h r Range ...... 340 Km r Armament . . . . . 120 mm Cannon Two 7.62 mm Machine guns r Ammunition ...... 42 Rounds

LEOPARD 2/A4 r Country of origin ...... Germany r Manufactured in ...... Germany r Crew ...... 4 Personnel r Combat weight ...... 55 T r Length ...... 9,97 m r Width ...... 3.75 m r Maximum speed ...... 72 Km/h r Range ...... 340 Km r Armament . . . . . 120 mm Cannon Two 7.62 mm Machine guns r Ammunition ...... 42 Rounds

PIZARRO

r Country of origin ...... Spain r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Crew ...... 3 Personnel r Transport capacity . . 6 Personnel r Weight ...... 26 T r Length ...... 6,83 m r Width ...... 3.15 m r Height ...... 2.6 m r Maximum speed ...... 70 Km/h r Range ...... 500 Km r Armament ...... 30 mm Cannon 7.62 mm MG 3 Machine gun 32 r Ammunition ...... 402 Rounds spanish army SPANISH ARMY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

CENTAURO

r Manufactured in ...... Italy r Crew ...... 4 Personnel r Weight ...... 27 T r Length ...... 7.85 m r Width ...... 2.94 m r Height ...... 2.73 m r Maximum speed . . . . . 105 Km/h r Range ...... 800 Km r Armament . . . . . 105 mm Cannon Three 7.62 mm Machine guns r Ammunition ...... 40 Rounds

BMR r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Crew ...... 2 Personnel r Capacity ...... 8 Personnel r Weight ...... 15.4 T r Length ...... 6.15 m r Width ...... 2.5 m r Height ...... 2 m r Maximum speed ...... 96 Km/h r Range ...... 800 Km r Armament . .12.7 mm Machine gun

VEC

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Crew ...... 5 Personnel r Weight ...... 17 T r Length ...... 6.1 m r Width ...... 2.5 m r Height ...... 2.6 m r Maximum speed ...... 96 Km/h r Range ...... 800 Km r Armament ...... 25 mm Cannon 7.62 mm Machine gun

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RG 31

r Manufactured in . . . . South Africa r Maximum speed ...... 98 Km/h r Payload ...... 4.5 T r Crew ...... 2+7 r Maximum weight ...... 17 T r Range (road) ...... 700 Km r Power ...... 275 HP

LMV

r Manufactured in ...... Italy r Maximum weight ...... 7.1 T r Payload ...... 1.1 T r Power ...... 190 HP r Crew ...... 2+3 r Range (road) ...... 500 Km r Maximum speed . . . . . 125 Km/h

VAMTAC

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Maximum weight ...... 5.3 T r Payload ...... 1.5 T r Power ...... 188 HP r Maximum speed . . . . . 125 Km/h r Range (road) ...... 700 Km

TOM

r Manufactured in ...... Sweden r Mission ...... Mountain r Payload ...... 7,000 Kg r No. passengers ...... 17 r Maximum speed ...... 55 Km/h r Range ...... 580 Km 34 spanish army SPANISH ARMY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

155/52 SIAC HOWITZER

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Calibre ...... 155 mm r Tube length ...... 8,120 mm r Total weight ...... 12.9 T r Maximum speed ...... 18 Km/h r Maximum incline ...... 30% r Crew ...... 7 r Fire rate ...... 8 rds/min r Range ...... 40 Km

L118 LIGHT GUN 105/37 HOWITZER

r Manufactured in . .United Kingdom r Calibre ...... 105 mm r Total length ...... 6,620 mm r Vertical sector ...... 90º r Total weight ...... 1.86 T r Horizontal sector ...... 360º r Fire rate ...... 6 rds/min r Crew ...... 6 r Range ...... 17 km r Airportable capability / Parachute

ATP 155/39 M-109 A5E r Manufactured in ...... USA r Calibre ...... 155 mm r Barrel Length ...... 4.96 m r Total weight ...... 24.5 T r Maximum speed ...... 56 Km/h r Cruising range ...... 345 Km r Range ...... 30 Km r Crew ...... 6 r Fire rate ...... 4 rds/min

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PATRIOT SYSTEM r Manufactured in ...... USA r Range ...... 120 Km r Speed ...... 5 Mach r Guidance system ...... Active r Ceiling ...... 24 Km

HAWK ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE

r Manufactured in ...... USA r Range ...... 40 Km r Ceiling ...... 18 Km r Speed ...... 2.8 Mach r Guidance system . . . Semi-active r Warhead ...... 54 Kg

ROLAND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE r Manufactured in ...... France r Range ...... 6 Km r Ceiling ...... 3 Km r Speed ...... 1.5 Mach r Warhead ...... 9 Kg r Guidance system . . Auto/Semi-auto guided

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NASAMS ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEM

r Manufactured in ...... Norway/USA r Range ...... 75 Km r Type ...... Fire and forget r Speed ...... 2 Mach r Warhead ...... 35 Kg r Ceiling ...... 6.5 Km

ASPIDE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEM

r Manufactured in ...... Italy r Radar Coverage ...... 20 Km r Range ...... 10 Km r Ceiling ...... 5 km r Associated with Skyguard Fire Control

MISTRAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE

r Manufactured in ...... France r Range ...... 5 Km r Ceiling ...... 3 Km r Speed ...... 2.5 Mach r Warhead ...... 3 Kg r Guidance system ...... Passive

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40 SB-MI GRENADE LAUNCHER

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Calibre ...... 40 mm r System ...... Long recoil r Feed ...... Linked ammunition r Fire rate ...... 215 rds/min r Fire mode ...... automatic r Overall weight ...... 65.5 Kg r Piece weight ...... 34 Kg r Tripod weight ...... 21.5 Kg r Upper gun mount weight . . 9.6 Kg r Effective range ...... 475 m

TOW (ANTI-TANK) LWL r Manufactured in ...... USA r Range ...... > 4 Km r Guidance system . . Cable driven r Weight ...... 73.3 Kg

SPIKE MISSILE

r Manufactured in . . . . . Israel/Spain r LR Range ...... 4 Km r Seeker Head ...... Dual Charge Coupled Device Infrared Homing (CCD / IIR) r Weight ...... 13 Kg r Guidance system . . Fire and forget

ALCOTÁN-C100

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Calibre ...... 100 mm r Total weight ...... 14 Kg r Total length ...... 1.15 m r Range ...... 30 to 600 m 38 spanish army SPANISH ARMY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

VLPD 26/70 E BRIDGE-LAUNCHER VEHICLE

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Maximum road speed ...... 45 Km/h r Maximum trench ...... 2.3 m r Crew ...... 2 Personnel r Leguan Bridge length ...... 26 m r Weight with bridge ...... 56 T r Class (MLC) ...... 70 r Launch/Withdrawal time ...... 5 min

DORNIER BRIDGE r Manufactured in ...... Germany r Maximum load ...... 110 T r Crew ...... 5/6 Personnel r Length ...... 46 m r Launch time ...... 1 h r Bridge crossing speed . . . 25 Km/h r Class (MLC) ...... 70

CZ 10/25 E ALACRÁN

r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Maximum road speed ...... 45 Km/h r Maximum trench ...... 2.3 m r Crew ...... 2 Personnel r Total weight ...... 53 T r Maximum incline ...... 50% r Maximum fording depth ...... 1.22 m 39 spanish army SPANISH ARMY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

HK G-36E

r Country of origin ...... Germany r Manufactured in . . Germany/Spain r Calibre ...... 5.56 mm r Feed ...... Magazine r Fire rate ...... 750 rds/min r Breech Mechanism . . . . .Gas Intake r Weight ...... 3.3 Kg r Magazine ...... 30 Rounds r Accessories . . Grenade Launcher

BARRET

r Manufactured in ...... USA r Calibre ...... 12.7 mm r Total weight ...... 10 Kg r Total length ...... 1,145 mm r Operation ...... Manual bolt r Feed ...... 5 Rounds r Effective range ...... 1,830 m

ACCURACY

r Manufactured in . .United Kingdom r Calibre ...... 7.62 mm r Total weight ...... 6 Kg r Total length ...... 1,178 mm r Operation ...... Manual bolt r Feed ...... 10 Rounds r Effective range ...... 600 m

HK MG-4 MACHINE GUN

r Manufactured in ...... Germany r Calibre ...... 5.56 mm r Total weight ...... 7.9 Kg r Action ...... Gas-operated r Fire rate ...... 780 rds/min r Feed ...... Link belt

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HK USP

r Country of origin ...... Germany r Calibre ...... 9 mm parabellum r Weight ...... 817 gr r Total length ...... 218 mm r Magazine capacity ...... 13+1 r Frame ...... Fibre-reinforced Polyamide

SEARCHER MK II UAV r Manufactured in . . . . . Spain/Israel r Range ...... 350 Km r Endurance ...... 15 h r Ceiling ...... 20,000 Ft r Employment ...... Day/night

RAVEN B MINI UAV

r Manufactured in ...... USA r Range ...... 10 Km r Endurance ...... 90 min r Ceiling ...... 1,000 Ft r Employment ...... Day/night

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COUGAR HT-27 UL r Manufactured in ...... France r Mission ...... Medium transport r Payload ...... 4,500 Kg r No. passengers ...... 24 r Cruising speed ...... 300 Km/h r Endurance ...... 4.5 h

SUPERPUMA HU-21

r Manufactured in ...... France r Mission ...... Medium transport r Payload ...... 4,350 Kg r No. passengers ...... 18 r Cruising speed ...... 280 Km/h r Endurance ...... 3 h

CHINOOK HT-17 r Manufactured in ...... USA r Mission . . . . . Transport and cargo r Payload ...... 10,000 Kg r No. passengers ...... 33 r Cruising speed ...... 222 Km/h r Endurance ...... 2.75 h

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TIGRE HAP

r Manufactured in ...... France r Mission ...... Attack r No. crew ...... 2 r Cruising speed ...... 315 Km/h HA-15 BOLKOW r Endurance ...... 3 h r Manufactured in ...... Germany r Armament . . . . 4 Mistral missiles r Mission ...... Multi-role Rocket Launcher, 30 mm Cannon r Payload ...... 1,000 Kg r No. passengers ...... 3 r Cruising speed ...... 270 Km/h r Endurance ...... 2.5 h

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NH-90 (PROTOTYPE) r Origin ...... Eurocopter r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Mission ...... Multi-role r Payload ...... 2,800 Kg EC-135 r No. passengers ...... 20 r Origin ...... Eurocopter r Cruising speed ...... 305 Km/h r Manufactured in ...... Spain r Mission ...... Training r No. passengers ...... 5 r Maximum Speed . . . . . 235 Km/h r Endurance ...... 3 h

44 spanish army The Spanish Army is an institution in continual evolution, and although the structures described are apt to suffer subsequent changes, the data shown in this document complies with the stipulations of the current legislation.

Updated to 31st December 2011