The mod started for Bf:42, with the major release being v.1 for that engine, however, a while after, development was suspended pending another dev team to work on the project. This happened and development was restarted, but development work was switched to creating a BF:V release. This culminated in the release of Bushwar v.2 in June 2004.
Its purpose is to bring the history of the South African border war alive in Armed Assault.
The Bushwar was fought in Northern Namibia (former South West Africa), and in Southern Angola - the so-called "Operational Area" or "Border".
UNITA was given a strong foothold with this operation and with ongoing SADF and Western support throughout the Bushwar it remained the dominant freedom movement in South Angola until the end of the Bushwar.