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The capture of Rheinfelden (1633). The Spanish empire was one of the most powerful in the world and one of largest in history.. The military history of Spain, from the period of the Carthaginian conquests over the Phoenicians to the former Afghan War spans a period of more than 2200 years, and includes the history of battles fought in the territory of modern Spain, as well as her former and ...
Military history of Spain by location (4 C) ... List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco; Lobo Hill; Luso–Leonese War (1162–1165) M. Maestranza de caballería;
In 1973, the military education system was reformed in depth, in order to make its structure and objectives similar to those existing in the civilian universities. It was during this time that the Spanish Army fought in the campaigns in what is now Western Sahara against Arab forces in the area who agitated for the end of Spanish colonial rule.
List of active Spanish Navy ships; List of ships of the line of Spain; List of future Spanish Navy ships; List of retired Spanish Navy ships; Spanish Civil War Republican ship classes; List of submarines of the Spanish Navy
Saw use in the Guardia Civil, the Spanish Gendarmerie, into the 1970s. CETME rifle: the main Spanish Cold War assault rifle entered service in the early 1960s. Designed by the German Ludwig Vorgrimler while he was working for the Spanish CETME arms company, it later became the basis for Germany's own main Cold War service rifle, the Heckler ...
Military history of Spain (26 C, 154 P) I. Military installations of Spain (7 C, 7 P) Spanish intelligence agencies (1 C, 12 P) M. Spanish military marches (3 P)
Hot air balloons have been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896. In 1905, with the help of Alfredo Kindelán, Leonardo Torres Quevedo directed the construction of the first Spanish dirigible in the Army Military Aerostatics Service, created in 1896 and located in Guadalajara. The new airship was completed successfully in ...