"Bushmaster" is an ironic name for an Australian tank, isn't it? Their next line of tanks will be called "Outbackmasters". The Bushmasters will patrol the bush, and the Outbackmasters will patrol the Outback.

EDIT: Apparently they're not technically "tanks", but I'm too lazy to look up what the technical term is for a military vehicle to be used in the bush.

Bushmaster" is an ironic name for an Australian tank, isn't it? — Arcane Sandwich

I thought is was an amusing name - sounds more like a Chinese Swiss army knife knock off you might find at Kmart in a grubby blister pack for $4.99.

So, is the bush like this super dangerous place that needs the presence of several military vehicles known as "Bushmasters"?

If so, would the Outback need "Outbackmasters"?

I don’t know the difference between the bush and the outback. I use them interchangeably if I have to use them. But generally I talk about going to ‘the country.’

I don’t know the difference between the bush and the outback. — Tom Storm

I have a similar problem with the Pampas and the Patagonia. I can distinguish them if I see them separately, either in person or in visual recordings (photographs, cinema, etc.). But there's a "fuzzy zone" in the middle where it's genuinely impossible to discern where one of them ends and the other one begins. As David Lewis famously said of the Outback:

The only intelligible account of vagueness locates it in our thought and language. The reason it's vague where the outback begins is not that there's this thing, the outback, with imprecise borders; rather there are many things, with different borders, and nobody has been fool enough to try to enforce a choice of one of them as the official referent of the word `outback.' Vagueness is semantic indecision. — David Lewis (1986)

Out back was where the dunny was situated in the Australian burgs until septic tanks and sewerage systems. And the Bush was closer at hand if the lady was prudish. No need to leave home, in the good ol' days, to be in either. And no semantic indecision defining the difference, unless you too were prudish.

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Have led a sheltered life regards pop bands from Scant'ia. Only know one from each, A-ha, Abba, Nightwish. Danish bands ???? Oh, and "Europe", wherever they were from...a Continental band, perhaps?
Argentinian bands ???? Sorry, Arcane, but ignorance is no excuse. Will check out early Sui Generis and give it due consideration, that is against the Argentinian political scene/upheavals of that time. Having Googled Spanish bands so as to not leave out Javi, not sure now if Goo gal can distinguish between bands that sing in the Spanish language and bands originating from Spanish speaking countries. Will work on it. Sorry, Javi, Spain's cultural contributions don't extend to metal/rock/etc bands for this ignoramus. More Cervantes, Picasso, flamenco type of Spanish cultural interests. Might mature/ grow up one day, generally no time soon if it can be helped.
Midnight Oil deserves a mention in an Australian Politics thread ( that's veered into rock/metal/ pop bands) for lyric content and personnel reasons.

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Sorry, Javi, Spain's cultural contributions don't extend to metal/rock/etc bands for this ignoramus. More Cervantes, Picasso, flamenco type of Spanish cultural interests... — kazan

I am deeply sorry for the small contribution of my nation to metal/rock/etc musical bands. Yes, we are better at other things. I will ask Rosemary (again, your stunning and very competent ambassador in Spain) if I could gift a beautiful surrealist painting by Dalí. I honestly believe it is a good start for diplomatic relationships. Looking forward to what is going on with Australian politics! I am very interested in this thread because I got fond of the country.

Ah, on the other hand, it is interesting to see that environmental issues are actually a key factor. Here happened the same on the municipal elections. People went to vote considering the best option to not keep screwing the planet. We don't act like the U.S.

Frame that truth...