In 1987, the Spanish Army began a six-year modernization program which brought 150 tanks up to AMX-30EM2 standards and modified another 149 tanks to AMX-30EM1 standards.
Godine 1987. je započela šestogodišnji program modernizacije kojim je 150 tenkova dovedeno na standard AMX-30EM2 i poboljšala ostalih 149 tenkova na AMX-30EM1 standard.