{"id":63463,"date":"2026-02-15T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63463"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:27:38","slug":"a-spanish-soldier-from-the-bripac-sapper-battalion-displays-his-weapons-and-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/15\/a-spanish-soldier-from-the-bripac-sapper-battalion-displays-his-weapons-and-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spanish soldier from the BRIPAC Sapper Battalion displays his weapons and equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Spanish soldiers carry very complete equipment with some peculiarities depending on their specialty.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/03\/a-convoy-of-the-spanish-armys-bripac-at-the-start-of-its-deployment-to-germany\/\">A convoy of the Spanish Army's BRIPAC at the start of its deployment to Germany<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/05\/20\/latvia-shows-two-spanish-a400ms-in-a-large-bripac-jump-in-that-country\/\">Latvia shows two Spanish A400Ms in a large BRIPAC jump in that country<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the NATO Joint Forces Command in Brunssum (JFCBS) published <strong>an interesting video showing the equipment of a soldier from the 6th Parachute Engineer Battalion (BZPAC VI)<\/strong> of the 'Almog\u00e1vares' 6th Parachute Brigade (BRIPAC) of the Spanish Army, a Brigade that is currently participating in NATO's Steadfast Dart 26 exercise (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/03\/a-convoy-of-the-spanish-armys-bripac-at-the-start-of-its-deployment-to-germany\/\">on February 3rd we saw some photos of its deployment here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Combat Engineers: the problem-solvers on the battlefield\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEKKjdanL10?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video has a few interesting details. As the soldier himself points out, <strong>his main weapon is a Heckler & Koch G36KV<\/strong>, a shortened version of the standard-issue G36 assault rifle used by the Spanish Armed Forces. The G36KV has a 318 mm barrel instead of the G36's 480 mm. The telescopic sight appears to be a Firefield RapidStrike 1-10x24, but I'm not certain. The stock is an S&T G36 G316 IDZ. Interestingly, <strong>the handguard, receiver, pistol grip, and telescopic sight are covered with an adhesive Flecktarn German camouflage cover<\/strong>, a simple and effective solution for camouflaging the rifle without painting it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634687_4527f27296_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634687_6dcc82230c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The handgun is a Heckler & Koch USP<\/strong>, the standard-issue pistol of the Spanish Army. It is chambered in 9\u00d719mm Parabellum and carries no accessories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634662_a2df75c59c_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634662_31cd6b608d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another significant detail is that several of this soldier's cartridge pouches are not standard issue.<\/strong> We see a utility pocket (on the front) and a Multicam camouflage magazine pouch. This is equipment the soldier purchased himself to improve his performance. Paradoxically, some units don't look favorably upon these things, but I find it commendable. <strong>The gloves are from the Polish brand Helikon-Tex<\/strong> (my favorite clothing brand, by the way), specifically the All Round Fit Gloves model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634697_e548d9f778_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096634697_3afc39b117_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the backpack holsters, we see <strong>a coyote-colored IFAK-type first aid kit with a tourniquet<\/strong>, a Rebellious model that was sold on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.es\/primeros-auxilios-medicamentos-microtrauma-torniquetes\/dp\/B0CN7DD3DN\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>. I've tried to identify the type of backpack and its camouflage pattern, but I haven't been able to. If anyone knows, please let me know in the comments section of this article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55097715083_238d99780b_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55097715083_ffafd6af52_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It must be said that this soldier is very well equipped, but at his own expense.<\/strong> Spanish soldiers earn a very modest salary and, moreover, to perform their duties properly, they buy their own equipment that should be available to the Army (sometimes standard-issue equipment is of mediocre or poor quality). <strong>This speaks volumes in favor of soldiers like the one in this video<\/strong>, but unfortunately, it also highlights the shortcomings that still exist in our Armed Forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Spanish soldiers carry very complete equipment with some peculiarities depending on their specialty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,17023],"tags":[26186,1524,11062,20795,10557,26157],"class_list":["post-63463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-equipment","tag-batallon-de-zapadores-vi-de-paracaidistas","tag-heckler-koch-g36","tag-heckler-koch-usp","tag-parachute-brigade-almogavares-vi-bripac","tag-spanish-army","tag-steadfast-dart-26"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:49:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}