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The Rif War (1911-1927) saw the first use of armor by the Spanish Army, including the Schneider-Brillié, the French WWI Renault FT and Schneider CA-1 tanks, and a number of Spanish-made armored cars of varying quality and capacity. A series of humiliating defeats led to a military coup supported by the king, Alfonso XIII, in 1923. Its leader ...
- WW2 Spanish Tanks Archives
Carlist crews are known to often display their own insignia...
- WW2 Spanish Tanks Archives
Tanks in the Spanish Army have over 90 years of history, from the French Renault FTs first delivered in 1919 to the Leopard 2 and B1 Centauro models of the early 21st century. The Spanish FTs took part in combat during the Rif War and participated in the first amphibious landing with tanks in history, at Alhucemas.
Carlist crews are known to often display their own insignia on their vehicles, even despite General Franco’s official orders for unity among the Nationalist. The photo also shows that the tank had a long Spanish Nationalist flag painted on the rear of the hull (above the engine deck, but below the turret).
The photos of the CV35 ‘Breda’ show some interesting markings on the side of the hull. These are two white empty parallelograms which do not match up to any of the common markings of these tanks in the Spanish Civil War.
Included in these groups are CEDA (Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Right-wing Groups, founded in 1933), Falange Española (also 1933), the Carlists (traditionalist monarchists), and broadly speaking, these groups had the support of Alfonsists (loyal to King Alfonso XIII), and the Catholic Church.
Sturdy, reliable, sensible, the UNL-35 was kept in service with the Spanish army until retirement in 1957, but also may have seen service in WWII with the French and even the Germans. The Soviet Union had a major interest in Spain before the Civil War even began.
This is a list of Spanish military equipment of World War II. While Spain was neutral during the Second World War they had axis sympathies due to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy helping them win the civil war. These lists will not deal with equipment of Spanish volunteers fighting in the Wehrmacht.
