Australian Armour and Artillery Museum part 6

by Andrew Wetzlich

The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War and post war periods, located in Cairns, Queensland, Australia and was officially opened in Sept 2014.

The museum has purchased a number of vehicles and items for display from overseas, including some items from the Littlefield Collection when it was downsized. It is the largest collection of military vehicles in Australia with 190+, and the only major collection of vehicles in Australia apart from the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum at Puckapunyal. It is one of the largest private collections of artillery and AFVs in the world.

The museum houses vehicles from a number of overseas manufacturers, including vehicles from Russia, German, Japan, the UK, the US and Czechoslovakia. Andrew Wetzlich has passed me a large set of photos taken during a visit, and I will run these over a number of issues (similar to the Aberdeen images). (text adapted from a public domain Wikipedia article - Steve).

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