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New Zealand buys Bushmaster
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 - 10:45 AM UTC
The NZ government has announced it’ll replace its Pinzgauers with 43 Australian designed & built Bushmaster NZ 5.5



https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-armoured-vehicles-new-zealand-army
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 - 09:17 PM UTC
Good news. I’m actually interested in modelling a New Zealand subject finally!
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2020 - 08:11 AM UTC

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Good news. I’m actually interested in modelling a New Zealand subject finally!


According to Thales, Bushmaster is already in service NZ SAS, as well:

https://twitter.com/thalesaustralia/status/1281076876421861376?s=21

This may or may not be one of them:

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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020 - 05:07 AM UTC
NZSAS has been using some of these for a while.
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020 - 10:28 AM UTC

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NZSAS has been using some of these for a while.


Yep, five, apparently. Pictured in my post, above.
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Posted: Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 11:25 AM UTC
Of course the kit is now out of production, difficult to find, and expensive. Typical.
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Posted: Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 11:41 AM UTC

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Of course the kit is now out of production, difficult to find, and expensive. Typical.


Just gave away my last one, too.
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Posted: Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 09:24 PM UTC
The NZSAS Bushmaster is not the same as the 5.5 mentioned in the article. I guess the NZ army had some specific requirements probably from NZSAS lessons learned.

Maybe this will boost some major companies to issue a better kit than the original Bushmaster from SMA.

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Posted: Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 10:09 PM UTC

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The NZSAS Bushmaster is not the same as the 5.5 mentioned in the article. I guess the NZ army had some specific requirements probably from NZSAS lessons learned.

Maybe this will boost some major companies to issue a better kit than the original Bushmaster from SMA.

Olivier


Hey Olivier, the “5.5” signs closely to the “MR6” variant developed to meet a UK requirement. The UK’s 22 SAS also uses Bushmasters closer in configuration to base vehicle than to the MR6 or 5.5. Horses for courses.



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Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:07 AM UTC
Thanks Greg.

Olivier
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Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 07:03 AM UTC

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The NZSAS Bushmaster is not the same as the 5.5 mentioned in the article. I guess the NZ army had some specific requirements probably from NZSAS lessons learned.

Maybe this will boost some major companies to issue a better kit than the original Bushmaster from SMA.

Olivier


I must be reading different reviews to those you've seen as the overall impression I got was positive; albeit, the kit does not represent the vehicle above. The kit does pre-date this iteration by several years... maybe this will spur Showcase back into business and release the kit again, to current specs?

Case in point: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/8077
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Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 10:19 PM UTC

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NZSAS has been using some of these for a while.


Yep, five, apparently. Pictured in my post, above.


Oh man, sorry. Fuzzy head!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 10:36 AM UTC
You'd think our priority would be some air defense and anti armor capability.
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 11:25 AM UTC

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The NZSAS Bushmaster is not the same as the 5.5 mentioned in the article. I guess the NZ army had some specific requirements probably from NZSAS lessons learned.

Maybe this will boost some major companies to issue a better kit than the original Bushmaster from SMA.

Olivier


I must be reading different reviews to those you've seen as the overall impression I got was positive; albeit, the kit does not represent the vehicle above. The kit does pre-date this iteration by several years... maybe this will spur Showcase back into business and release the kit again, to current specs?
Case in point: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/8077



Sadly John from Showcase passed away some years ago. I had heard that another company was launching the Bushmaster in its European form. Showcase versions come up pretty frequently at swap meets over here.
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 11:52 AM UTC
Very sorry to read of John's demise; and very keen on picking up one of his kits... if you see one going, let me know, please.

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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 07:26 PM UTC

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I had heard that another company was launching the Bushmaster in its European form.


There was one announced by Kinetic back in 2019...

https://www.models2u.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p13157_bushmaster-tba-p-p-new.html

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