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List of military weapons of Spain. This is a list of weapons used by the Spanish Army, one of the world's oldest armies, with its history dating back to the 16th century.
Spanish Army Ejército de Tierra Seal of the Spanish Army Founded 15th century Country Spain Type Army Role Land force Size 75,822 personnel (2018) Part of Spanish Armed Forces Garrison/HQ Buenavista Palace, Madrid Mascot(s) Crowned rampant eagle with Saint James cross Commanders Commander in Chief King Felipe VI Chief of Staff of the Army Army General Amador Fernando Enseñat y Berea Insignia ...
Spanish M43: main Spanish weapon in the 1950s, copy of the World War II-era Karabiner 98k from Germany. FR8: conversion of Spanish Mausers and Karabiner 98k rifles as training rifles until enough of the CETME rifles were in stock to train all recruits. Chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. Saw use in the Guardia Civil, the Spanish Gendarmerie, into the ...
The Rif War (Tarifit: ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⵉ ⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⴼ, romanized: Amenɣi n Arif, Arabic: حرب الريف, romanized: ḥarb ar-rīf, Spanish: Guerra del Rif) was an armed conflict fought from 1921 to 1926 between Spain (joined by France in 1924) and the Berber (Amazigh) tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco.
See also: Civil Guard (Spain) The Spanish armed forces are a professional force with a strength in 2017 of 121,900 active personnel and 4,770 reserve personnel. The country also has the 77,000 strong Civil Guard which comes under the control of the Ministry of defense in times of a national emergency.
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The Board for the Protection of Women or Women's Protection Board (Spanish: Patronato de Protección a la Mujer) was a public institution in Francoist Spain, established in 1941 under the Ministry of Justice. [1][2]: 76 Notorious for its human rights violations, baby abductions, and brutality, the Board targeted girls and young women, confining ...
The CNIO building photographed from the main entrance. The National Centre for Cancer Research (Spanish: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, CNIO) is a Spanish research institute. The centre is situated on the campus of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid. María Blasco Marhuenda has been the director since 2011.