Direct proof of use
The Instalaza C-90 / C90-CR is documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through Spain's March 2022 military-aid shipment and Spanish reporting that showed C90 launchers in Ukrainian hands. Reuters reported Spain's announcement of 1,370 anti-tank grenade launchers for Ukraine, while Infodefensa and El Espanol reported that C90 launchers from that shipment had reached Ukrainian forces.
El Independiente identified the Spanish weapon shown with a Ukrainian volunteer as a C90-CR-RB made by Instalaza and reported that the 1,370 C90 launchers had been distributed among Ukrainian volunteers and the armed forces. The open evidence supports transfer, delivery, possession, distribution, and battlefield availability; it does not provide a complete public record of every C90 firing or expended launcher.
Sources: Reuters Spain First Arms Shipment, Infodefensa First C90 Images Ukraine, El Espanol C90 Ukrainian Army, El Independiente Spain C90 Ukraine
March 2022 transfer and appearance
On March 3, 2022, Reuters reported Spanish defense minister Margarita Robles saying that Spain would send 1,370 anti-tank grenade launchers, 700,000 rounds, and light machine guns to Ukraine through Poland. Infodefensa later described the same shipment as C90 anti-tank launchers flown from Spanish military stocks on A400M aircraft.
By March 7, 2022, Spanish outlets reported that the C90 launchers were already with Ukrainian forces. Infodefensa described first images of a Ukrainian soldier holding a Spanish-made C90, and El Espanol reported that the C-90 launchers sent by Spain had arrived with the Ukrainian army.
Sources: Reuters Spain First Arms Shipment, Infodefensa First C90 Images Ukraine, El Espanol C90 Ukrainian Army
Role in Ukrainian service
In Ukrainian service, the documented role was a lightweight, disposable infantry anti-armor launcher supplied as foreign military aid during the first weeks of Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion. Infodefensa reported that Spain highlighted the C90 among the weapons being sent to Ukraine and described the family as a shoulder-fired infantry system with anti-tank, dual-purpose, anti-bunker, and smoke munition options integrated into disposable launch tubes.
The parent C90 record is broader than a single munition variant. The Ukraine evidence identifies C90 launchers as a family shipment and, in some reporting, specifically identifies the C90-CR-RB anti-tank variant; the most conservative catalog treatment is therefore Spanish-supplied C90 family fielding by Ukraine, with anti-armor as the supported conflict role.
Sources: Infodefensa How C90 Works Ukraine, El Independiente Spain C90 Ukraine, C90-CR M3.5 Weapon System
