Santa Bárbara Sistemas

Santa Bárbara Sistemas is a Spanish

defense contractor based in Madrid, integrated under General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), a business unit of General Dynamics which consolidated in one structure all European subsidiaries of GDLS.^[1]

It is one of the primary suppliers of the

Scout SV

AFV through General Dynamics in the UK.

General Dynamics acquired the company from the

Spanish government 25 July 2001.^[2]

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 - 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
  - Tank
- RG-31 Mk5E, local assembly of the units bought by the Spanish Army.
- AMX-30E - Tank
Weapons and systems
- G36E
  - Assault rifle
- Mauser Mk30 - Automatic cannon
- MG3
  - General purpose machine gun
- Heckler & Koch MG4 - Light machine gun
Missiles
- Warhead and other system components
- Meteor
  program
- Spanish Marines
  , under the license of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Civilian Sector
- Aeronautics
- Thermal and surface components

Modernisation programs

Tanks
- AMX-30E
- M60 Patton
Armoured vehicles
- BMR 2

References

^ https://gdels.oklok.es/MilitaryMobility/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Corporate-Presentation-GDELS-01.06.22.pdf
^ "GDSBS". General Dynamics. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-03-29.

External links

[1] ttps://gdels.oklok.es/MilitaryMobility/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Corporate-Presentation-GDELS-01.06.22.pdf

[2] "GDSBS". General Dynamics. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-03-29.

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