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Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin GMARS firing. Credit: Rheinmetall.<\/p>\n
Expal Munitions and Escribano \u2013 a Spanish industry partnership known as UTE SILAM \u2013 will rework their original proposal for a high mobility rocket launcher for the Spanish Army\u2019s consideration.<\/p>\n
The two partners \u2013 the former a subsidiary<\/a> of the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and the latter a defence engineering company in Madrid \u2013 originally won Spain\u2019s SILAM contract in December 2023.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tCombine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n PULS rejection<\/p>\n However, the team\u2019s initial proposal incorporated the Israeli PULS launcher, built by Elbit Systems, which later prompted the Spanish government to revert its decision to procure the design in September 2025 following objections on humanitarian grounds related to Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.<\/p>\n The Israeli Defence Forces are widely reported to have operated the PULS system extensively in Gaza. Yet this has not deterred other European militaries from buying the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), such as Greece, whose Parliament allocated a budget for the weapon<\/a> in December 2025.<\/p>\n Currently, Spain operate several self-propelled and towed artillery systems according to intelligence from analytics firm GlobalData<\/a>, including M109 howitzer variants going back to 1970 and the 155mm APU SBT-1 system, the Iberian nation has not used an MLRS since it retired the Teruel in 2011.<\/p>\n Reworked proposal<\/p>\n In a press release today (14 January), Rheinmetall noted that UTE SILAM maintain \u201cthe goal of defining a viable Spanish solution in the shortest possible time\u201d to make up for the delay.<\/p>\n The company also detailed its delivery remit: operational and test launchers, ammunition, reconnaissance and command post vehicles, training and guided rockets.<\/p>\n It should also be noted that the Rheinmetall emphasised a Spanish-built capability, if not a Spanish-designed solution. To this end, the future concept, which is still undefined, could feasibly leverage the GMARS<\/a> model, combining Rheinmetall\u2019s HX 8\u00d78 tactical truck chassis with capabilities from Lockheed Martin\u2019s HIMARS and M270 launcher technology. Notably, all these potential units are built in Europe even if the launchers are an American design.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/GMS-logo.svg\"){kind=logo}
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