Dutch buy more Bushmasters
25 Aug 2008
Greg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, has congratulated Thales Australia on its recent sale of additional Bushmaster vehicles to the Netherlands Army.
“The Netherlands has ordered a further 13 Bushmaster vehicles on top of its purchase of 36 Bushmasters.
"The UK has also recently ordered 24 of the vehicles,” Mr Combet said, adding that at least one other European country is known to have a requirement for vehicles of the Bushmaster type and presents a potential market opportunity.
There are currently seven Bushmaster variants and, to date, 443 Bushmaster variant vehicles have been sold and contract negotiations are in train for approximately 250 additional vehicles for the ADF.
Success
There are currently seven Bushmaster variants and to date 443 Bushmaster vehicles have been sold.
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