Sentinel 2.0 and 30 weapons systems in action on the Spanish frigate Santa María

The F-81 frigate "Santa María," the oldest frigate in the Spanish Navy, has had some of its weapons systems upgraded.

The heavy weapons carried on board by the Spanish frigates of the 'Santa María' class
The Spanish-German naval missile defense system CIWS Meroka in pictures

A year ago, this vessel incorporated two Sentinel 2.0 remote-controlled weapon stations (RWS), one with a 12.7 mm Browning M-2 machine gun and the other with an Mk-19 automatic grenade launcher. This is a station manufactured by the Spanish company Escribano Mechanical & Engineering (EM&E) and which works on the vessel in coordination with Indra's Crow anti-drone detection system.

In addition, the frigate "Santa María" said goodbye to the old CIWS Meroka counter-missile system, which had been on board the ship since its construction more than 40 years ago. This system was located on the ship's aircraft hangar, but was already obsolete.

In its place, an EM&E Sentinel 30 remote-controlled weapons station has been installed, equipped with a 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II automatic cannon. This station will be part of the arsenal of the new frigates of the "Bonifaz" F-110 class.

EM&E Group has published an interesting video today in which we can see these weapons systems in action aboard the frigate "Santa María". Specifically, we see the shots, in this order, of the Sentinel 2.0 with the Browing M-2, then the Sentinel 2.0 with the Mk-19 grenade launcher and finally the Sentinel 30 with the Mk44 Bushmaster II cannon:

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Image: EM&E Group.