Guardia Civil Santana 2000 Anti-Terrorist Vehicle

History

Garaje Siberia's history of the Guardia Civil's Land Rovers records that, alongside the ordinary Santana fleet, the force took a number of Santana 2000 forward controls specially fitted for the anti-terrorist campaign of the 1970s and 1980s: a box body behind the cab with an armoured side door pierced by vision ports, and full-length bench seats along the walls so that a squad could sit facing outward, weapons ready, and return fire on the move if the vehicle was attacked. The photograph shows one at a road block on the Basque coast beside a BMR armoured car. Numbers built are not recorded.

The registry's model is a dark green Santana 2000 forward control with the box body, armoured side door with ports and roof ventilator; in the game it is bullet-proof and fires from its crew compartment.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Santana Motor (Metalúrgica de Santa Ana) ↗

Santana 2000 forward control

Manufactured

Santana 2000 era; ETA campaign

Modifier / coachbuilder

Guardia Civil workshops (box body, armoured door, bench seats)

Engine type

Santana 3.4 L six-cylinder diesel

Production run

Small batch; count unknown

Country of origin

Spain

Operated in

Spain

Status

retired

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Santana

Wheels

4

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Sources & citations

Researched sources

• Land Rover 88 Guardia Civil: la patrulla rural ↗ — Garaje Siberia (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://garajesiberia.es/land-rover-88-guardia-civil-la-patrulla-rural/ https://garajesiberia.es/land-rover-88-guardia-civil-la-patrulla-rural/ ↗