Bushmaster
Multi-Role Protected Vehicle
The combat-proven Bushmaster protects up to 10 occupants with superior blast and ballistic protection and excellent off-road mobility.
Proven Performance
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Over 1,300
Bushmasters manufactured in Australia
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Over 12 variants
Troop Carrier, Ambulance, Command/ Electronic Warfare, Route Clearance, Mortar variants and more.
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9 countries
rely on Bushmasters
Future Ready
Bushmaster 4X4 is a 17-tonne protected vehicle, including a payload of more than 4 tons, designed to perform a diverse range of mission profiles. On-going design enhancements, a wide range of user selectable mission equipment and mature LTS through life support have ensured that this Next Generation PMV remains, not only relevent, but essential for the future of battlefield protected land mobility manoeuvre.
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Bushmaster is a combat proven vehicle that is in service with the nine nations and has been successfully deployed on operations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Pacific. On-going design enhancement, a wide range of user selectable mission equipment and mature through life support have ensured that Bushmaster continues to meet evolving customer requirements.
Features
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Highlight
- Protected vehicles
- Land
Bushmaster evolves after successful tests of Counter-drone capability
A partnership between Thales Australia and Dedrone by Axon has seen the successful integration of Dedrone technology into the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV) – adding a counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capability to the evolving protected mobility vehicle.
“The Bushmaster is deployed on high intensity operations in Ukraine right now. They have become an essential asset and are saving Ukrainian soldiers’ lives”
Vasyl Myroshnychenko
- Australia
- Norway
- Land
Australia’s StrikeMaster conducts successful NSM test firing in Norway
This activity demonstrates the suitability of the Bushmaster Utility variant as a launch platform for KONGSBERG’s NSM, confirming StrikeMaster as a low-risk solution to deliver on Australia’s long range strike requirements.
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