Spain

Spain

Spain

Capital: Madrid

Includes the Balearic Islands

Includes the Canary Islands (Located off the coast of Africa)
Includes Ceuta (Sebta) and Melilla (Both located in Morocco)

NATO member nation.

U.S. Navy Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 3 in Spain

The U.K. controls Gibraltar and has a garrison there.

Naval Station Rota in Spain still used by U.S. forces?

Ejercito del Aire (Air Force)

About 27,000 personnel

Headquarters in Madrid, Spain

Spanish Airbases

Alcantarilla Air Base

Armilla Air Base

Cuatro vientos Air Base

Gando Air Base Air Base

Getafe Air Base Air Base

Los Llanos Air Base

Matacan Air Base

Moron Air Base

San Javier Air Base

Santiago Air Base

Son San Joan Air Base

Talavera Air Base

Torrejon Air Base in Madrid

Villanubla Air Base

Zaragoza Air Base

Aircraft

Eurofighter Typhoon (72)

F/A-18 fighter bomber aircraft (86)

Mirage F.1 fighter aircraft (36)

F-5 trainer aircraft

CASA C212 Aviocar transport aircraft. Spanish made. (20)

CASA C101 Aviojet trainer aircraft. Spanish made. (69)

T-35 Pillan trainer aircraft. Made in Chile.

CASA C-295 transport aircraft. Spanish made. (13)

C130 transport aircraft (7)
CASA CN-235 transport aircraft. Spanish made. (10)

CASA 127- Spanish produced copy of the Dornier Do 27 utility aircraft. STOL ability. (5)

KC130H air refueling aircraft (5)

Boeing 707 transport aircraft (4)

P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (6)

F27 transport aircraft (3)

LET L-13 Blanik trainer glider
S-76 helicopters
AS332 Super Puma helicopters


IRIS-T air-to-air missiles

Armada Espanola (Navy)

23,000 personnel

Headquaters in Madrid

Main bases at Rota, Ferrol, San Fernando and Cartagena

Aircraft Carrier (2)

Assault Ships (2)

Frigates, Air Defense (5)

Frigates (6)

Submarines (4)

Mine Warfare Vessels (6)

Landing Ships (1)

Landing Craft (14)

Supply Ships (2)

Auxiliary ships (27)

Harpoon anti-ship missiles

Standard missiles

Submarine launched Exocet missiles

Principe de Asturias (R11)

Aircraft Carrier (Decomissioned in 2012?)

Built in Spain.

"Ski jump" take-off deck.

29 AV-8 Harrier II (EV-8 Matador II) vertical take-off and landing aircraft or 16 helicopters designed for anti-submarine warfare.

Juan Carlos I Amphibious Assault Ship (L-61)

Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD)

Can carry a few AV-8B Harriers and/or transport helicopters on its "ski jump" flight deck.

Can carry four (LCM), 900 soldiers and 46 Leopard 2 tanks.

Galicia Amphibious Transport Dock (L-51)

Landing Platform Dock

Can carry 4 SH-3 Sea King or 6 NH-90 helicopters on deck.

Can carry 4 LCM-1 landing craft and 2 RHIB inflatable boats. 600 fully equipped soldiers and 130 APC or 33 Main Battle Tanks.

Castilla Amphibious Transport Dock (L-52)

Landing Platform Dock

Galicia Class

Pizarro landing ship

Special Forces

Naval Special Warfare Command (Mando de Guerra Naval Especial)

Special Operations Unit (Unidad de Operationes Especiales)-UOE

Combat Diver Unit (Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate-UEBC

Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina)

About 11,500

A Tercia (regiment) ready for immediate embarkation is based in San Fernando.
Light green beret

light tanks

armored personnel carriers
HMMWV utility vehicles

self propelled artillery

TOW and Dragon anti-tank missile launchers

AAV-7

Naval Infantry Special Forces
UOE

Rota Naval Base

Army (Ejercito de Tierra)

118,000 personnel

Army Aviation

Tiger attack helicopters

MBB Bo 105 reconnaissance

CH-47 Chinook (HT-17) transport helicopter

Cougar

AS 332 Super Puma (HT-21 UC) transport helicopters

AS 532

EC 135

UH-1 helicopters

UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters

Leopard 2E tanks (219)

Leopard 2 tanks (108)

M-60A3 tanks (50)

VAC-105B1 Centauro wheeled tank destroyers. Italian made. (88)

Pizarro armored combat vehicles with 30mm cannon and 7.62mm machine gun.  Joint Spanish Austrian project also called the ASCOD. (356)

BMR-M1 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carries. Spanish made. (682)

VEC-M1 Pegaso armored reconnaissance vehicles. Spanish made. (95)

RG-31 Nyala MRAP vehicles (100)
M113 armored personnel carriers (500+)

URO VAMTAC 4x4 wheeled tactical vehicles. Spanish made. (1,500+)

URO VAN TL

Santana Anibal 4x4 utility vehicles (1,500+)

Milrem THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles

 

 

Artillery

Teruel 140mm self propelled multiple rocket launchers (to be replaced by the HIMARS). Spanish made.

M-109 self propelled 155mm howitzer

M-110 self propelled 203mm howitzer?

L-118A1 105mm towed howitzer

M-56 105mm pack howitzer

Vickers H 1912 coastal artillery gun

Vickers 1923 coastal artillery gun

Vickers 1926 coastal artillery gun

Anti-aircraft

MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles

MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles

Nasams surface-to-air missile system

Spada 2000 surface-to-air missile system
Roland mobile short range surface-to-air missile system

Mistral surface-to-air missile system

Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns

Oerlikon GDF-005 35mm anti-aircraft guns

The Spanish Legion

The Spanish Legion (Legion Espanola), formerly called the Spanish Foreign Legion, was created in 1920 and modeled after the French Foreign Legion, however the Spanish Legion is composed mostly of Spaniards. Headquarters or garrisons in Ronda (Malaga) and Viator (Almeria) in Andalusia, Melilla, and Ceuta.

The Spanish Legion numbers about 5,000 in a brigade of two tercios (regiments).

10th Bandera

Fuerzas Regulares Indigenas or Regulares
Recruited from Spanish controlled parts of Morocco.

Regulares 54 (In Ceuta, Morocco)
Regulares 52 (In Melilla, Morocco)

Brigada de Infanteria Ligera Paracaidista or Brigada Paracaidista Almogavares VI (BRIPAC)

Black berets

URO VAMTAC
Iveco LMV

Nissan Patrol ML-6 utility vehicles

L-118 towed 105mm howitzers
L-119 towed 105mm howitzers

TOW anti-tank guided missiles
MILAN anti-tank guided missiles
SPIKE anti-tank guided missiles?
Mistral shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

LAG 40 grenade launchers
M2HB machine guns


Mountain Infantry

Jefatura de Tropas de Montana "Aragon"
Regimiento de Cazadores de Montana "Arapiles" 62 (62nd Mountain Hunter Regiment)
Regimiento de Cazadores de Montana "Galicia" 64 (64th Mountain Hunter Regiment)
Regimiento de Cazadores de Montana "America" 66 (66th Mountain Hunter Regiment)
Grupo de Artilleria de Montana (1st Mountain Artillery)
BMR-M1 6x6 wheeled vehicles

Special Forces

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales XIX

Headquarters in Alicante

Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE)

Small Arms

HK MP5 9mm submachine gun

HK USP 9mm pistols

G36 5.56mm assault rifles (Standard Issue)

CETME Model L assault rifles. Mostly replaced by the G36.

CETME Ameli (AMEtralladora LIgera) machine guns. To be replaced by the HK MG4 machine gun.

HK MG4 machine guns

Browning M2 HB .50 cal machine guns

TOW anti-tank missiles

C-90 CR disposable anti-tank rocket launcher

C-100 Alcotan 100mm anti-tank rocket launcher.

LAG 40 automatic 40mm grenade launchers made by Santa Barbara.

Alhambra-DO hand grenade

Barrett M95 .50 cal sniper rifle

ECIA L65/ 60 mortars

ECIA L65/ 81mortars

ECIA L65/ 105 mortars

ECIA L65/ 120 mortars

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

INTA SIVA unmanned aerial vehicles. Sistema Integrado de Vigilancia Aerea. Spanish made.

IAI Searcher Mk II J (israeli made?) unmanned aerial vehicles

RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicles

Guardia Civil (Civil Guard)

Paramilitary police force.

Riot control.

Divers

CASA CN 235 aircraft used for surveillance

EC-135 helicopters

Guardia Real (Royal Guard)

About 1,500 guards protect the Spanish royal family, the royal palaces, and visiting heads of state.





Cuerpo Nacional de Policia de Espana (CNP)
Under the Interior Ministry

Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
Anti-terrorism, diplomatic protection
Under the National Police

Spanish Intelligence

Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Espanol (CNI)?

Spanish Companies

Santa Barbara
Instalaza

Explosivos Alaveses (EXPAL)

Santana
Esperanza y Cia (ECIA)
INTA
Centro de Estudios Tecnicos de Materiales Especiales (CETME)


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Modern Spanish Colonies

Canary Islands (Islas Canairas)

Located off the west coast of Africa near Morocco and Western Sahara. 


Ceuta (Sebta) and Melilla

Spain still holds Ceuta (Sebta) and Melilla, which is on Moroccan territory. Ceuta has a population of about 76,600 and Melilla has a population of about 69,400. These territories were captured and held by Spain since the 1400's. In recent years, double fence barriers six meters tall were built around the two Spanish enclaves to prevent illegal immigration. Ground sensors. Ceuta and Melilla are used by African immigrants to sneak into Spain.