Description:
The Bushmaster has been designed to meet Australian Army's requirement for a high mobility, comfortable, protected, fully equipped troops transport vehicle. The Bushmaster accommodates up to 10 fully equipped military personnel (1 driver + 9 passengers). Bushmaster features a generous cabin space, protection against landmines and ballistic projectiles (withstand 7.62mm ammunition), air conditioning and cooled water storage.
The Bushmaster was specially designed for Australia's terrains but is equally suitable for other theaters of operations and environments. Bushmaster has all wheel drive independent suspension, an in-transit tires inflating system and is powered by a 6-cylinder diesel engine that provides up to 330-hp.
The bushmaster variants include: troop transport, command and control vehicle (C2), peacekeeping, ambulance, direct fire weapon, mortar, combat engineer and scout. The Australian Army plans to purchase around 300 Bushmaster vehicles with production starting in August 2004.
The vehicle is also under consideration by the United Arab Emirates with the evaluation expected to begin in late 2004. As of July 2006, the Australian Army has received 152 troop variant Bushmasters from the first production batch. These vehicles have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bushmaster is manufactured at ADI Limited Bendigo facility in Victoria, Australia.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 1, Passengers 9
Dimensions: Height 2.7 m, Length 7 m, Width 2.5 m
Weights: Max Weight 15,000 kg (33,069 lb), Min Weight 12,500 kg (27,557 lb)
Performance: Cruise Speed 31 mps (110 kph), Max Range 1,000 km (540 nm), Top Speed 33 mps (120 kph)
Australia / 309 
Netherlands / 30