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Spanish defense contractor based in Madrid
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. It is one of the primary suppliers of the Military of Spain and is responsible for the assembly of heavy vehicles such as the Spanish Army's Leopard 2E main battle tank and the Pizarro infantry combat vehicle.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
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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.2
Santa Bárbara Sistemas is part of a group headed by General Dynamics. 272 entities, 69 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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SBS was founded in 1960 by bringing together factories of the Spanish Ministry of Defense under the Instituto Nacional de Industria. These included arsenals in Sevilla, Oviedo, Trubia and A Coruna.
SBS was denationalised by Spain and acquired by General Dynamics Europe in July 2001.
In June 2024 SBS announced the reactivation of its artillery gun barrel manufacturing capacity at Trubia.
From Wikipedia’s article on Santa Bárbara Sistemas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
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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
Powders
Pólvora Dx
Pólvora Esferoidal
Munitions
Artillery
Small Caliber
Medium Caliber
Tank ammunitions
Explosives
Cutting and perforating explosives
Tracked Vehicles
Pizarro - Infantry fighting vehicle
Scout SV
Wheeled Vehicles
BMR- Vehículo blindado medio de ruedas
VCR Dragón - Vehículo blindado medio sobre ruedas
VEC- Vehículo blindado de exploración de caballería
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
Anti-tank Missile Spike: Partial manufacture and assembly line of the missiles acquired by the Spanish Army and the Spanish Marines, under the license of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Civilian Sector
Aeronautics
Thermal and surface components
Tanks
AMX-30E
M60 Patton
Armoured vehicles
BMR 2
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