Impressive images of the launch of an Instalaza C-90 of the Spanish Army

@DefAviation ES 10·15·2022 · 18:37 0

In recent months there has been a lot of talk about a Spanish-made anti-tank weapon that has been sent to Ukraine to help defend it.

Spanish soldiers with their traditional Cross of Burgundy in the Baltic lands
The NATO battalion in Latvia shows its more than 200 vehicles, including Spanish

In March, Spain sent Ukraine an undisclosed number of Instalaza Alcotán 100 and C-90 rocket launchers, with 1,370 projectiles. The C-90, manufactured by Instalaza in Zaragoza, is a 90 mm caliber rocket launcher that launches a rocket-propelled grenade. Among the ammunition available for this rocket launcher there are grenades for general use, anti-tank, anti-bunker, anti-armor, anti-personnel, smoke or training. Its great advantage is that it is light and can be carried and fired by a single person. It has a range of 350 meters and has a VOSEL optronic firing control device equipped with laser telemetry.

This week, NATO's eFP Battle Group Latvia has published an interesting series of photos taken by 1st Sergeant Jesús Aguilera and Corporal Mark Wanzel, showing a training session with C-90 rocket launchers and Spike missile launchers at Camp Ādaži, Latvia. Spanish, Czech and Italian soldiers participated in the session.

We can see in this entry the photos of the part of the training session dedicated to the C-90, in charge of the Spanish soldiers. Currently, the Spanish contingent in Latvia is made up of members of the Brigade "Guzmán el Bueno" X and of the Logistics Support Group No. 21 (AALOG 21).

Without a doubt, the most impressive of the photos in this series is this image of a C-90 launch, in which the grenade is seen coming out of the tube. Judging by the image, the grenade looks like an armor-piercing C90-CR-RB (M3.5).

Here you can see an extension of the moment of the shot:

In Spain, this weapon is used by the Army, the Marine Corps and the Air Force, and also by the Civil Guard's Rapid Action Group (GAR).