Santa Bárbara Sistemas

Santa Bárbara Sistemas is a Spanish arms company based in Madrid . The company has been a subsidiary of the US group General Dynamics since 2001 and employs around 2,300 people.

history

CETME L, former standard assault rifle of the Spanish army

Santa Bárbara Sistemas was founded in 1960 as an association of several state armaments companies. As property of the Spanish holding company INI (from 1995 SEPI ) they produced ammunition, assault rifles , light machine guns and various armored vehicles for the Spanish army . In 2001, Santa Bárbara was finally privatized. The US group General Dynamics , the Santa Bárbara again in "General Dynamics European Land Systems" , based in Madrid , and also the Swiss Mowag , the armaments division of the former Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern and the Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch Special vehicle include, incorporated.

Products

VEC-M1 reconnaissance tank

BMR armored transport

• ammunition
• Light weapons
  • CETME L assault rifle
  • AMELI machine gun
  • Grenade launcher LAG 40
• Turrets
• howitzer
  • Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 (further development of the Santa Barbara SB 155/39 )
• Armored vehicles
  • Pizarro armored personnel carrier
  • VEC-M1 reconnaissance tank
  • BMR armored transport
  • Dragoon armored transport

Under license

• Leopard 2 E (Leopard 2A6 for the Spanish Army)
• HK G36 E (standard assault rifle for the Spanish army)

Web links

• Official website (Spanish, English)