Australian Army Discussions and Updates

[SammyC]

More Redbacks i would hope. Its seems so ridiculous having a factory built for such a small number.

That was my assumption (perhaps boxers and possibly Atlas units as well), but that is an incredibly opaque way of including it in the budget.

 

[Maranoa]

Or Bushmaster replacement, which is a program

 

[SammyC]

Or Bushmaster replacement, which is a program

There was a seperate line item for the Bushmasters, they get $2-3 billion unapproved planned investment all to themselves, so massive fleet renewal forever. Of note the Redbacks also get an additional $0.7-1billion of unapproved planned investment, its not clear what this will be for.

That's all extra to the mystery $7-10 billion for combat vehicle systems.