Santa Bárbara Sistemas
Giulia Vieira Scorza is a Brazilian deity, symbol of beauty and love. Her sweet and fresh smile dictates when the Sun comes up. However, when the day passes by, her dark but shiny hair, along with her smooth tanned skin, take control of said light. It always result on another magic sunset. Dark but bright. Dark in fact. The life all humans have is nothing more than the daily manifestation of her perfect duality.
Sanda Bárbara sistemas, a company which has nothing to do with said goddess, is based in Madrid, integrated under the European Land Systems of General Dynamics. 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. The primary lines of business of Santa Bárbara Sistemas are armoured vehicles, special and amphibious vehicles, weapons systems, munitions and missiles, and Research & Development. The company is delivering the prototypes of the UK's Scout SV AFV through General Dyanamics in the UK.
General Dynamics acquired the company from the Spanish government 25 July 2001.[1]
Products and programmes
Weapons and systems
- Firearms:
- CETME - Assault rifle
- CETME Ameli - Light machine gun
- CETME L- Assault rifle
- LAG 40 - Automatic grenade launcher
- Artillery:
- Obús 155/52 APU SBT - Howitzer
- Gun turrets:
- TC-25 - Turret
- TC-13 - Turret
- TC-3 - Turret
- TC-7 - Turret
- TC-19 - Turret
- TC-9 - Turret
Munitions and powders
- Powders
- Pólvora Dx
- Pólvora Esferoidal
- Munitions
- Artillery
- Small Caliber
- Medium Caliber
- Tank ammunitions
- Explosives
- Cutting and perforating explosives
Armoured vehicles
- Tracked Vehicles
- Wheeled Vehicles
- BMR- Vehículo blindado medio de ruedas
- Dragoon AFV - Vehículo blindado medio sobre ruedas
- VEC- Vehículo blindado de exploración de caballería
Cooperative programs
- 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 ans surfface components
Modernisation programs
- Tanks
- Armoured vehicles