Indonesia receives Bushmasters donated by Australia
These are some of the 15 second-hand Bushmasters donated to Indonesia for UN peacekeeping missions. (Photo: Indonesian MoD)
Indonesia has received 15 second-hand Bushmaster vehicles from Australia.
Indonesia’s military formally received 15 Bushmaster 4x4 protected mobility vehicles on 8 August. Australia had promised to donate the vehicles during a meeting between the two nations’ defence ministers in Jakarta on 9 September 2021.
It took a long time for the donated vehicles to be delivered because the Indonesian MoD only accepted the offer in mid-April of this year. Bureaucratic processes in Jakarta took a whole 19 months to ratify the deal.
Photos taken at the handover ceremony show the refurbished Bushmasters painted white since they will be used for United Nations peacekeeping missions.
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