page_title: Spanish Marine Infantry
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Spanish Marine Infantry / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: Original caption: "Spanish Army M109A5 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer comes ashore at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners." NOTE: Despite the original caption, this M109A2 is from the Naval Infantry (Infantería de Marina), not the Army.
context_page_description: The Spanish Naval Infantry is the naval infantry unit of the Spanish Navy responsible for conducting amphibious warfare by utilizing naval platforms and resources. The Marine Corps is fully integrated into the Armada's structure.
  The Corps was formed in 1537 by Charles I of Spain, making it the oldest marine corps in existence in the world, drawing from the Compañías Viejas del Mar de Nápoles.
caption: An M109 howitzer of the Spanish Marines coming ashore during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02, in 2001
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