 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Inenge 40 muzana yeT-26s yakawira mumaoko eNationalist pakuguma kwehondo, zvikurukuru pashure pokukundwa kwevaRepublicans. Muna Kurume 1937, kambani yetangi yeT-26 yakatorwa yakaverengerwa muPanzergruppe Drohne, chikwata chematangi cheGerman Condor Legion kuSpain. VaNationalist vaikoshesa matangi eSoviet, vachitopa mubairo wemapeseta 500 nokuda kwetangi rimwe nerimwe raibatwa risina kukuvadzwa. MunaAugust 1937, kugadziriswazve kwe Drohne Boka mukutonga kweSpain kwakatanga, izvo zvakaguma nekuumbwa kwe Bandera de Carros de Combate de la Legion, chikamu cheSpanish Foreign Legion, munaKurume 1938. Bandera yaive nemabhatani maviri 1. uye 2. Agrupaciones de Carros. Imwe yakanga yakashongedzerwa nematanki ePanzer I uye yechipiri nematanki eT-26 akatorwa. Kusvika muna 1939, mabhatani ose akanga ane sangano rakafanana, makambani avo echitatu akashongedzerwa nematangi eT-26. VaNationalists vakashandisa matangi eT-26 akabatwa muHondo yeTeruel, Hondo yeBrunete, Hondo yeBilbao, Hondo yeEbrouye Kurwisa kweCatalonia. VaNationalists vakagadzira yavo prototype yetangi rakareruka Verdeja munguva yehondo, nekushandisa kwakawanda kwezvinhu kubva kuPanzer I, uye kunyanya iyo T-26. Gare gare, T-26s yakaumba hwaro hweSpanish Brunete Armored Division, ichishanda kusvika muna 1953. 