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capabilities<br />
ACTIVE 128,013 (army 79,736 navy 17,943 air<br />
21,606 Joint 8,728) Paramilitary 80,210<br />
REsERVE 319,000 (army 265,000 navy 9,000 air<br />
45,000)<br />
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE<br />
Army 79,736<br />
The Army Force is organised in Land Forces High Readiness<br />
HQ, Land Force, Operational Logistic Force and the Canary<br />
Islands Command. The principal deployable elements are<br />
the Heavy Forces (FUP) consisting of 2 mech bde and 1<br />
Armoured bde, and the Light Forces (FUL) consisting of 1<br />
Cavalry, 1 Legion, 1 AB and 2 light bde. The Land Forces<br />
High Readiness HQ Spain provides one NATO Rapid<br />
Deployment Corps HQ (NRDC-SP).<br />
fORCEs By ROLE<br />
Infantry regiments usually comprise 2 bn. Spain deploys<br />
its main battle tanks within its armd/mech inf formations,<br />
and its armd cav regt<br />
Comd 1 corps HQ (CGTAD) (1 HQ bn, 1 shell bn);<br />
2 div HQ (coordinative role)<br />
Armd 1 bde (12th ) (1 HQ bn, 1 armd inf regt, 1<br />
mech inf bn, 1 SP arty bn, 1 recce bn, 1 engr<br />
bn, 1 logistic bn, 1 sig coy)<br />
Armd Cav 1 bde (2nd ) (1 engr bn, 1 HQ bn, 1 armd cav<br />
regt, 1 fd arty regt, 1 logistic bn, 3 light armd<br />
cav regt, 1 lt cav rgt, 1 sig coy)<br />
Mech Inf 2 bde (10th and 11th ) (each: 1 HQ bn, 1 mech<br />
inf regt, 1 armd inf bn, 1 recce bn, 1 SP arty<br />
bn, 1 engr bn, 1 logistic bn, 1 sig coy)<br />
Air Mob 1 bde (7th ) (1 HQ bn, 1 inf regt, 1 inf bn, 1 fd<br />
arty bn, 1 engr unit, 1 logistic bn, 1sig coy)<br />
Mtn Inf 1 comd (1st ) (1 engr unit, 1 HQ bn, 1 logistic<br />
bn, 1 fd arty bn, 2 mtn inf regt, 1 mtn inf bn)<br />
Lt inf 1 bde (La Legion) (1 HQ bn, 1 inf regt, 1 inf<br />
bn, 1 recce bn, 1 fd arty bn, 1 engr unit, 1<br />
logistic bn, 1 sig coy); 1 bde (5th ) (1 HQ bn, 2<br />
lt inf regt, 1 armd inf bn, 1 fd arty bn, 1 engr<br />
unit, 1 logistic bn, 1 sig coy)<br />
SF 1 comd (1 HQ bn, 3 Spec Ops bn, 1 sig coy)<br />
AB 1 bde (6th ) (1 HQ bn, 1 para bn, 1 air aslt bn,<br />
1 air mob bn, 1 fd arty bn, 1 engr bn, 1 logistic<br />
bn, 1 sig coy)<br />
Fd Arty 1 comd (3 fd arty regt)<br />
Coastal Arty 1 comd (1 sig unit, 1 coastal arty regt)<br />
ADA 1 comd (5 ADA regt, 1 sig unit)<br />
Engr 1 comd (1 NBC regt, 1 engr bridging regt, 1<br />
engr regt, 1 railway regt)<br />
Sig / EW 1 bde (2 EW regt, 2 sig regt)<br />
Avn 1 comd (FAMET) (1 avn bde HQ, 1 atk hel<br />
bn, 2 spt hel bn, 1 tpt hel bn, 1 logistic unit (1<br />
spt coy, 1 supply coy), 1 sig bn)<br />
Logistic 2 div (each: 3 logistic regt)<br />
naTO Europe<br />
161<br />
Medical 1 bde (1 logistic unit, 1 field hospital unit, 3<br />
medical regt)<br />
Territorial 1 (Canary Islands) comd (lt inf bde (1 HQ<br />
bn, 3 lt inf bn, 1 fd arty regt, 1 AD regt, 1<br />
engr bn, 1 logistic bn, 1 spt hel bn, 1 sig<br />
coy)); 1 (Balearic Islands) comd (1 HQ bn, 1<br />
inf regt, 1fd arty regt, 1engr bn, 1 logistic bn,<br />
1 lt inf div HQ); 2 (Ceuta and Melilla) comd<br />
(each: 1 HQ bn, 1 Inf regt, 1 Inf bn, 1 cav regt,<br />
1 arty regt, 1 engr bn, 1 logistic bn, 1 sig coy,<br />
1 lt inf div HQ)<br />
EQUIPMENT By TyPE<br />
MBT 498: 108 Leopard 2A4; 206 Leopard 2A5E; 184<br />
M-60A3TTS<br />
RECCE 312: 84 B-1 Centauro; 228 VEC-3562 BMR-VEC<br />
AIFV 144 Pizarro (incl 22 comd)<br />
APC 1,465<br />
APC (T) 966 M-113 (incl variants)<br />
APC (W) 499: BMR-600 / BMR-600M1<br />
ARTY 1,959<br />
SP 130: 105mm 34 M-108; 155mm 96 M-109A5<br />
TOWED 296<br />
105mm 226: 56 L-118 light gun; 170 Model 56 pack<br />
howitzer; 155mm 70: 52 M-114; 18 SBT-1<br />
COASTAL 50:<br />
155mm 8 SBT 52; 305mm 3; 381mm 3; 6in 36<br />
MRL 140mm 14 Teruel<br />
MOR 1,469:<br />
SP 556: 81mm 446; 120mm 110 SP<br />
81mm 594; 120mm 319<br />
AT<br />
MSL<br />
SP 174: 106 Milan; 68 TOW<br />
MANPATS 482: 52 Spike LR; Spike (of 260 being<br />
delivered); 298 Milan; 132 TOW<br />
RCL 106mm 507<br />
HEL<br />
ATK 6 AS-665 Tiger<br />
OBS 9 OH-58 Kiowa<br />
SPT 17 HT-17D (CH-47D) Chinook<br />
HU-21 (AS-332) Super Puma<br />
UTL 103: 26 BO-105; 6 HU.18 (Bell 212); 15 AS-532UC<br />
Cougar; 16 AS-532UL Cougar; 20 HU-10B (UH-1H)<br />
Iroquois<br />
UAV 4 Pasi<br />
AD<br />
SAM 256<br />
SP 18: 16 Roland; 2 Spada<br />
TOWED 58: 36 I HAWK Phase III MIM-23B; 6 Skyguard/<br />
Aspide; 8 NASAMS; 8 Pac Patriot 2<br />
MANPAD 180 Mistral<br />
GUNS • TOWED 267: 20mm 175 GAI-B01; 35mm 92<br />
GDF-002<br />
RADAR<br />
AIRBORNE Sentinel RMK1<br />
LAND ARTHUR; 2 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder<br />
reserves 265,000 reservists<br />
Cadre units<br />
Railway 1 regt<br />
Europe (naTO)
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