Santa Bárbara Sistemas is a Spanish

defense contractor The arms industry, also known as the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and se ...

based in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, integrated under the ''European Land Systems'' of General Dynamics. It is one of the primary suppliers of the

Military of Spain The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Constitution o ...

and is responsible for the assembly of heavy vehicles such as the Spanish Army's Leopard 2E

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and the Pizarro infantry combat vehicle. The primary lines of business of Santa Bárbara Sistemas are

armoured vehicles Military vehicles are commonly armoured (or armored; see spelling differences) to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, shells, rockets, and missiles, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire. Such vehicles include armoured fight ...

, special and amphibious vehicles, weapons systems, munitions and missiles, and Research & Development. The company is delivering the prototypes of the UK's Scout SV AFV through General Dynamics in the UK. General Dynamics acquired the company from the

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25 July 2001.

History

Santa Bárbara Sistemas was founded in 1960 by bringing together factories of the Spanish Ministry of Defense under the ''Instituto Nacional de Industria''. These included arsenals in Seville, Oviedo, and Trubia. Santa Bárbara Sistemas was denationationalised by Spain and acquired by General Dynamics Europe in July 2001

Products and programmes

Weapons and systems

* Firearms: **

CETME CETME () is a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in many projects CETME was mostly known for its small arms research and development. The CETME Model 58 and CETME Model L are its most notable project ...

- Assault rifle ** CETME Ameli - Light machine gun ** CETME L- Assault rifle ** LAG 40 - Automatic grenade launcher * Artillery: ** Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 SIAC * Gun turrets: ** TC-25 - Turret ** TC-13 - Turret ** TC-3 - Turret ** TC-7 - Turret ** TC-19 - Turret ** TC-9 - Turret

Munitions and powders

* Powders ** Pólvora Dx ** Pólvora Esferoidal * Munitions ** Artillery ** Small Caliber ** Medium Caliber ** Tank ammunitions * Explosives ** Cutting and perforating explosives

Armoured vehicles

* Tracked Vehicles ** Pizarro - Infantry fighting vehicle ** Scout SV * Wheeled Vehicles ** BMR- Vehículo blindado medio de ruedas ** Dragón AFV - Vehículo blindado medio sobre ruedas ** VEC- Vehículo blindado de exploración de caballería

Cooperative programs

* Armoured vehicles **

Leopardo 2E The Leopardo 2E or Leopard 2A6E (''E'' stands for ''España'', Spanish for Spain) is a variant of the German Leopard 2 main battle tank (specifically the Leopard 2A6 variant), tailored to the requirements of the Spanish army, which acquired it ...

- Tank ** RG-31 Mk5E, local assembly of the units bought by the Spanish Army. **

AMX-30E The AMX-30E (''E'' stands for ''España'', Spanish for Spain) is a Spanish main battle tank based on France's AMX-30. Although originally the Spanish government sought to procure the German Leopard 1, the AMX-30 was ultimately awarded the contra ...

- Tank * Weapons and systems ** G36E - Assault rifle ** Mauser Mk30 - Automatic cannon ** MG3 - General purpose machine gun **

Heckler & Koch MG4 The Heckler & Koch MG4 (also known as the HK123) is a belt-fed 5.56 mm light machine gun designed and developed by German firearm manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It was developed in the late 1990s and first seen publicly in September 2001. It has be ...

- Light machine gun * Missiles ** Warhead and other system components **

Meteor A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as mi ...

program **

Anti-tank Missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...

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: Partial manufacture and assembly line of the missiles acquired by the Spanish Army and the

Spanish Marines The Spanish Naval Infantry ( es, Infantería de Marina) is the Marines, naval infantry unit of the Spanish Navy () responsible for conducting amphibious warfare by utilizing naval platforms and resources. The Marine Corps is fully integrated in ...

, under the license of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. * Civilian Sector ** Aeronautics ** Thermal and surface components

Modernisation programs

* Tanks **

M60 Patton The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially ...

* Armoured vehicles ** BMR 2

References

External links

Official web site

Official spanish site

Official german site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Barbara Sistemas Firearm manufacturers of Spain Defence companies of Spain Manufacturing companies based in Madrid General Dynamics