Another great video! I'm going to show my elderly Estonian friend who experienced WW2 as a young boy before immigrating to the U.S. in the 1950's. He was an engineer by profession and I'm sure he'll appreciate the story of this vehicle. Owing to his experiences in the war with Stalin's Soviet forces occupying Estonia, he's extremely empathetic to the Ukrainian people in their fight against Putin's Russia. Thank you!

I was Aus Army infantry for nine years, and the Bushie was the single best vehicle to work in hands down, and the best Aussie made vehicle there is. We could definitely stand to send the Ukrainians far more Bushies than we already have, I'd rather see live Ukrainian soldiers and crumped Bushies than dead Urainian soldiers and freshly painted Bushies sitting in depots in Australia.

I am from Ukraine guys rate this vehicle at very high degree. Dear Australians, thank you very much, every life matters. The only thing, there a need of much more, we are not greedy, just scale of conflict and operations is more like WW2.

If someone would told me that the combat vehicles from Australia, opposite side of the globe, would roll near my hometown, helping to achieve one of the most succesful (if not the most) counteroffensives of the war, I wouldn't belive them, and called them absolutely crazy. Thank you for the vid, extremely interesting, with love from Kharkiv 💙💛

The story of how the Dutch ended up getting them pretty much sums up why they have the regard that they do. Apparently vocal feedback from Dutch officers serving alongside the Australians in Afghanistan did the job. Something about the crew survivability rates, hey.

Because of Australian conditions in the outback it has a 270Lt drinking-water tank is installed under the floor of the crew compartment. Which also contributes to crew safety in the event of a landmine explosion.

Australia rocks! Awesome country and people. Thank you from USA.🇺🇲

I always smile when a convoy of Bushmasters overtake me on the Western Freeway in Brisbane, Australia on their way to Amberley Air Force base to board their C-17 Globemasters bound for Ukraine. They are incredibly impressive vehicles in person.

My mother was a design craftsman (proper title in the era) before the 2nd world war and very unuseral for a woman, she joined the Australian army in ww2 as a draftsman and in charge of a special development section in Melbourne. Mum was noted for her design of the Australian designed tank tracks and solving some specific problems. She only passed last year at 98. I also have purchased a 4x4 Perentie direct from the Australian army auctions and its a great vehicle and specifically modified for the Australian use compared to a normal land rover.

Very good and informative video. I have worked at the facility in Bendigo where the bushmaster and hawkei are built for many years. It brings a lot of pride for the people at work building these to see videos like this.

I'm proud to be Australian Ukrainian! Both countries have amazing people with great spirit & resilience. Slava Ukraini!

As an Aussie I’m glad we could help save Ukrainian lives.

didnt get past the first few seconds.. lol the bushmaster was designed by bob roach's team at perry engineering in australia.. "Stephenson made trucks for the US Army, so the designers of the original Project Bushranger vehicle adopted the same system of engine, transmission and other parts for their new vehicle. Some of that changed later. ‘We thought we’d be in with a better chance in the competition if we had a proven powertrain,’ says Roach. The Irish company Timoney Technology assembled very effective drivelines and suspension systems for off-road vehicles and provided a specialist drafting team to the project. The first plates for the Bushmaster were cut and the pieces were welded together at the factory in Mile End where the company had, long before, built locomotives. Bob Roach’s team had an isolated section they called ‘The Garage’, and that’s where the Bushmaster was assembled. The first stage was to weld the plates together into a box, and that was done in the workshop: ‘It was kept a little bit secret, which was what we wanted.’ In September 1996, Perry Engineering sold the intellectual property rights to Roach’s Bushmaster design, along with intellectual property from Timoney and Perry’s option to compete for the right to build the vehicles, to government-owned ADI. The Perry Bushmaster was redesigned later at the ADI plant in Bendigo. ‘But,’ says Bob, ‘it got the company’s foot in the door of the project.’ If anyone want's to know the true story behind the bushmaster's concept and design, from beginning to end you can find it here.. its an amazing story too, def worth the read. ad-aspi.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/2019-12/The%20Bushmaster_from%20concept%20to%20combat.pdf?VersionId=QDYuS1qI3O4nSPaZ7NBfrSlK6gLVpyz1

Great vehicle, I was deployed to Afghanistan twice using bushmaster. Never broke down, saved lives from ied's was fast and the airco was very welcome 😁

The kind nature and generosity of Australian people is a very admirable quality that is deeply embedded in the Australian way of life and society. ❤️

I'm Australian and I don't see why our government doesn't ship off at least 50 of our Aslavs seeing as we are starting to get the Boxers into service. The would be more useful than the M113s we gave them.🤠👍🇦🇺❤️🇺🇦

Congratulations Australia. As a Swedish Chechen, I am glad people are fighting for Ukraine, slava Ukraine 🇸🇪🤝🏻🇦🇺🇺🇦

The Australian Bushmaster was not designed by " The Irish " it was designed by ADI Australian Defense Industries when it was Government owned . Now ADI is owned by Thales a French company and they now make the Bushmaster . They are designed for fast traveling in hot dusty outback conditions but can also handle mud well .

What an incredible vehicle ... awesome job Australia 👍

God Bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 from Australia 🇦🇺

The success of the Bushmaster really highlights the tragedy of other Australian military procurement projects. The Bushmaster is unusual in that it's an original design to meet a specific Australian tactical and operational requirement. Unfortunately most Australian procurement projects aren't like that; most modern purchases have been capability-based not needs-based, meaning we don't make a strategic assessment of our needs before making purchases; there's a list of what a 'modern army' has (irrespective of the specific strategic or tactical needs) and then we buy a foreign one of each try and get part of it made in Australia for job creation (meaning it usually costs more) and then change the design so much it costs even more or straight up breaks. Our history with submarines is a classic example of this, the recent tank purchase is another example. The irony being, as illustrated by the Bushmasters, that Australia's operational requirements are often applicable elsewhere and to other users, but we don't do those basic needs-assessments or support domestic innovation, and we end up with expensive, often-unreliable platforms and equipment.

I have friends that wouldn’t be here today if it was t for the bushmaster. So proud to see them there doing what they do best

Thank you Australia!!! 🇺🇦❤️🇦🇺

Well done 🇦🇺 from 🇬🇧

You should do a video about Micro X, an Adelaide company supplying Ukraine's army medical services with a battery operated portable medical X ray machine that is saving lives in the country , especially since the Russians are targeting Ukraine's power infrastructure.

Great video. Having spent some time playing around in Bushmasters I can say they’re fairly comfortable and the machine gun positions give great views of the surroundings. The rear arm style machine gun mounts are particularly nifty.

Good on ya Oz. Cheers from Canada.

When I was in the Army I was posted to a proof range where we conducted armour plate and glass testing for the Bushmaster. Suffice to say I can't say much about how the testing was done and the results but it makes me proud that I was personally involved with the project.

One the few ADF contracts that worked out- well done Bendigo team.

The Bushmaster prototype was made by Perry Engineering (AUS) based off an Irish design of the MP44 by Timoney Technologies (IRE). Aussie Defence Industries bought any property rights for specific components. Ireland didn't design the Bushmaster other than its MP44 was the base model for the idea

i live not far from where the bushmasters are made.and i know the men and women are proud to prep them for Ukraine they worked hard to get them there as quick as posible

Australian here. I am glad to know a piece of equipment that consistently saved lives came from our country. The engineers that built this had to go against the grain to keep this project alive, they were celebrated in the parliament house for it this year. One of my lecturers back in 2019 at university used to tell us about the bushmaster project his dad had spent more than a decade on.

Thank you for sharing this information about our own bush master! I love this vehicle, in the resent floods in Australia great friends of my fathers and I were trapped in by the floods. Bush masters came and got them out of their soon to be washed away home. A great piece of military machinery. I’m also looking forward to the Australian cruiser video! 💪🇦🇺

I showed the video to an engineer involved from the beginning of the project. “It’s an accurate history except for one thing. The“ [bit about the] “Irish. They did not provide any input into the design at all. In fact, based on their own attempts to make a mine proof vehicle, during the troubles, they said it could not be done. It was only after the project moved from Perry’s to ADI and ADI were short of draftsmen they supplied four draftsmen to help. They had no design input whatsoever.“

Hi, USA Brass inspecting Bushmasters, "Our soldiers wouldn't be seen dead in one of those!" Aus Bushmaster crew, "That is the general idea!"

Make me proud to be Australian, I'm glad our government could help. Our thoughts are with the brave Ukraine people. We hope there is peace soon Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

The 800km range is essential across half the Australian continent as that is the usual distance between fuel stops.

Proud Aussie here - have always admired this vehicle, remember when it won the selection process and have been keeping an ear out for it's successes - I'm not even a military enthusiast - just love when AU produces some quality kit. I hope all this positive feedback from the Ukraine crisis (sad as it is) begets some interest and export opportunity for ADI.

Around the start of the pandemic I wanted to create two military dioramas; Australians in Borneo with a Matilda tank 1945 and Australians in some near future war with a Bushmaster. At the time the only Bushmaster model kit was out of print and I only obtained an old one at great expense. Neither diorama has been finished yet, because of ill health. I should have waited! Ever since the Ukrainian war began there has been at least one model kit of the Bushmaster released, at low cost; and I would be willing to bet there are more on the way. At the time I bought the original model kit I would never, ever have expected that the Bushmaster would be fighting the Russian Army one day; nor that this Australian vehicle I was fond of would become a household name.

The prototype was "based" on the Irish MP44. The Bushmaster (as was approved and put into production) was engineered by ADI with cab, hull & shape a complete re-design, sorry not Irish.

I've been watching since under 1k subscribers, and seeing you and the community grow and the quality of your content be recognized and improve is really something. Keep up the amazing work!

As an Australian, I fully believe Ukraine will win, and if I could give them half our army I would. Glory to the heroes 🇺🇦 ❤️

G'day Red Wrench, Thank you so much for this video. I'm an old, former member of the ADF and I'm so proud that the lives of brave Ukrainian soldiers are being saved by Australian built Bushmasters. I fully agree that the ADF should continue to send the Ukrainian forces any tactical and logistical support they need. Our LAVs should also be sent to support a greater number of Bushmasters, after all we're not using them in any offensive campaigns at the present time. It's logical that they go to the Ukraine and do what they were designed to do; save lives, get troops to where they're needed quickly and to bring them out again, while dishing out some firepower when needed. Our best wishes for a swift victory to all the Ukrainian people who are fighting for the very existence of their country. Slava Ukraini! Bill H.

Makes me proud to be Aussie. Sláva Ukrayíni! Thankyou for this excellent Video.

My dad's mate who lives in Victoria, his landrover was backed into by a bushmaster whilst he was parking. The entire front of the car was just gone

I'm Australian and love that the Bushmaster is helping yall! Would love for Australia to send more and to do more for Ukraine! Slava Ukraine!!

As someone who has been inside a bush master. It is a incredible vehicle, cozy and practical with plenty of space for guns, and the crew. While the seats are a bit crampt, it can easily carry 10+ troops and it's gun positions give excellent coverage. Solid 10/10 vehicle.

The US Humvee had the same problem with IED's in Afghanistan and Iraq. A blast would be fatal to the soldiers and the army pleaded for a design fix to which Donald Rumsfeld said that is war and deal with it. Later design improvements made the same adjustment with a V bottom which diverted the blast sideways and outward.

They definitely can hit speeds of 100kph, you'll often see them driving on the highways around Australia where the speed limits are 100/110kph

This is an excellent video, thank you for giving us so much history of the vehicle. As an Aussie, we're proud that a small country like ours can help fight the horrific war in a Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini 💙💛 #PutinSucksBalls

I'm an Aussie and ex service these are awesome vehicles... We should send more to Ukraine

We Australians are so proud to be helping you fight for you freedom! The upmost respect and admiration for your bravery. People of Ukraine!✊ 🇺🇦 🇦🇺

Great video amazing, interesting how many differnt solutions for the same problem have been made over the years.

At the Australian war memorial I saw wreckage from a bushmaster read about how it was hit by 2-3 IEDs in Afghanistan and lost 3 wheels, it had to be condemned because the hull was completely mangled and twisted, but everyone inside was completely fine with only a few bruises and ringing ears. It feels good to send our equipment to Ukraine to help them fight their own war, as Australia isn't in war and these vehicles would just be in some warehouse gathering dust, but now they are in Ukraine saving lives. Same thing with our old Vietnam war-era m113 APCs, before they were gathering dust but now they are used in Ukraine to send vital supplies to the front line

Not really designed by the Irish - it's heritage is South African and the lead team of engineers in Australia were all South Africans too! Steel is Aussie though!

We are Australians -There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray.

Proud to be an Aussie right now. Slava Ukraine.

The Bushmaster WAS a Government owned vehicle but:Thales Group (French pronunciation: [talɛs]) is a French multinational company whose Australian branch makes and owns Bushmaster. A bit like saying McDonalds, or Arnott's, or Peter's Ice cream etc are Australian owned.

I'm glad our Bushmasters are keeping brave Ukrainian fighters safe. We should send ASLAVs too. 🇺🇦👍👍 🇦🇺

I'm proud to be an Aussie and proud that Australia is helping Ukraine. I just wish we could do more... Slava Ukrainia.

Ukraine called, and the world answered. Good stuff Australia 🇦🇺 what an awesome transport vehicle. -From 🇺🇲 Bushmasters and HIMARS out here helping troops turn the tide 🙌🏻. Goes to show that NATO membership (though we all want it for Ukraine) is not necessarily required. If you stand with humanity, humanity will stand with you.

Great Video mate ,Loved it ! Thank U for Showing this ! And very Happy We R able to help Save Ukrainian Soldiers Lives ! Great Military Vehicle & Remember Guys, Our Soldiers Always fought Bravely ,Courageously & Most Wisely , When under Good Leadership ,Just as the Ukraine Military ! Take Care ,& Godbless from Downunder Australia ! Slavia Ukraini !🙏🇺🇦❤️🇦🇺🙏

Absolutely love the bushie! Great to see it protecting the people of Ukraine. ❤

As an Aussie (pronounced Ozzy, not Ossy fyi!) I'm very proud that the Bushmasters we have sent to Ukraine are making a difference. Slava Ukraine!!! PS. I enjoy your videos, keep up the good work, subscribed.

I pay an absolutely insane amount of tax and couldn't think of a better way to spend it than to build as many of these (in addition to ASLAVs) for the people of Ukraine 🇦🇺❤️🇺🇦

Thank you Australia for all your support! ♥ Hope to visit your beautiful country one day

as an australian i had no idea how good these vehicles are, im glad they're performing well and protecting lives!

0:39 It was designed by Australia, don’t get where they got it being Irish designed from .Also it’s was definitely supplied by Australia, the US don’t have any bushmasters, don’t get where that came from either.

it is a shame that Australia does not make more of it's own weapons 😢

We send our mighty vehicles to Ukraine 🇺🇦 with anguished love & tears ❤️. We did not know you. We are very far away but we feel your endless pain & we stand in unwavering solidarity with you.

I'm happy to hear the bushmasters are protecting troops, they've always been a fascination of mine. Despite being a civilian, I work in close proximity to them on a daily basis, and tried to get a position in the company producing them years ago, unfortunately not qualifying.

great tank-truck... very important vehicle! go Ukraine!!

I think the Bushmaster V shaped bottom was inspired by Casspir of South Africa. Casspir was much used in the era of Bush war.

Would love to see a video about the Sentinal WW2 Australian tank. My father, now passed away, was involved in its design and production but spoke very little about it. Enjoyed your Bushmater video, in my day it was the .”good” old M113. Michael C. 9:38

I'm glad to hear our mates across the pond are enjoying our bushbashing equipment, Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

Fascinating video about a really interesting vehicle. It was extremely clever of the original designers to focus on the unique hull design and incorporate proven automotive components to save time and money. Good on Australia for providing such a great vehicle to Ukraine.

We are so far away from the conflict, but glad we could help the good guys.

I'd just point out that the V hull is already a bit outdated (no fault on Aus for that, it is a 30 year old truck) but modern protection involves double V hulls. Advantageous for providing greater protection by allowing flex points where the crew don't sit, and increasing available space inside the hull.

Problem is that UA are using what is essentially a counter-insurgency/troop carrier vehicle in a front-line role, it was not designed for. But they have little choice, "please send more"

Outstanding video! I’ve been looking for more on the Bushmaster and this was perfect! Thanks mate!!!! Keep up the great vids!

I had a guy come to my school who had been in these on three separate occasions ( when they hit an ied) and lost his leg but survived all three. These Vehicles are cool as shit and he said he swears if it wasn't invented he'd be a dead man

Great video, well done. I'll be following your channel and binging on your library.

Fascinating video. Small point: the Irish engineering firm is pronounced ti-munny, not ti-moany. The founder of it was from the same family as a colleague of my dad's.

as an Aussie taxpayer, im happy for the Aust Government to send many more to Ukraine.

When riding the train from Eaglehawk, can see a yard full of Bushmasters.

If you get bored, look up the Forest SA Fire King. A fire truck version of the bush master. These things are weapons in their own right.

As an Aussie, this brings tears to my eyes. I’m so happy that my country can do its part to help support Ukraine and save lives. ❤️❤️🇺🇦🇦🇺

"Glory to Ukraine!" from Australia.

""Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"" has always helped those in need,, and we will continue to do so... We are Australian...

The Ukrainians seem to use mostly Bradley IFV for landing and extraction operations. The Bushmasters are significant by their absence in this role.

Your video randomly popped up in my feed so its the first one of yours Ive seen. Great video. Subbed!

I am so jealous of this vehicle! Envy! 🇺🇲🇦🇺

im an aussie and we have a service depot for them in my city that i used to do maintenance work on the way they repair bush masters is wild they dont just jack them up like a normal car or truck they have a special clamp system that grabs them from the front and back and lifts them up and then spins the vehicle 360 in the air. ive ssen a few of these things after mine strikes and some look like they have just gone through some rough driving then others look like how you would expect from a mine

For everyone out there, especially aussies who are proud to be helping save ukrainian lives, i think Its worth mentioning that these bushmasters are also sold to indonesia and are used by the indonesian military to navigate papua new guinea as they hunt down the indigenous people who are only armed with spears and bows and arrows.

That's an impressive vehicle. Slava Ukraini

Great video. They are an amazing platform

Thanks for the update .

They are made here in my home town, see them cruising around all the time. Check out the companies new vehicle called the Hawkei, it looks rad!

I always see those destroyed in Ukraine. It clearly does it’s job well because most of the time it seems the crew makes it out alive.

As an Australian I am so glad our country has been able to help Ukraine in this way. To see the Bushmasters keeping these brave Ukrainians a little bit safer is everything. So they can go back to their families and rebuild Ukraine once putin is dealt with.