New Zealand orders Bendigo manufactured Bushmasters
The New Zealand Army is to purchase Bushmaster armoured vehicles developed and manufactured by French Thales Group in Bendigo. Thales will supply 43 Bushmasters in a deal worth $75 million. Bushmaster is a heavy 11-tonne, 4×4 protected vehicle with a 4-tonne payload and a V-hull design which deflects explosions away from the passenger cabin. The…