 The Nationalists had secured the support of around half of Spain's territorial army, some 60,000 men, joined by the Army of Africa, made up of 35,000 men, and just under half of Spain's militaristic police forces, the Assault Guards, the Civil Guards, and the Carabineers.Republicans controlled under half of the rifles and about a third of both machine guns and artillery pieces.The Spanish Republican Army had just 18 tanks of a sufficiently modern design, and the Nationalists took control of 10.