FROM howitzers to “Hetzer” tanks, military buffs will be spoiled for choice when the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum opens this weekend.

More than two years in the making and worth millions of dollars, the Caravonica museum features 90 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery pieces.

The Cairns Post was given an exclusive sneak peek inside the mega-museum, which officially opens this Saturday at 10am.

Museum manager Dennis Tocock said it had been a labour of love for owner and businessman Rob Lowden, who had scoured the globe to build his tank collection.

“This is the biggest collection of this nature in the southern hemisphere,” Mr Tocock said.

“We’ve got armoured vehicles and tanks from Germany, the former Czechoslovakia, Britain, America, Australia, Canada, Russia and France.”

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Mr Tocock said all tanks on display were either World War II or Cold War era, while some artillery pieces dated as far back as World War I.

All exhibits at the museum are either fully restored or have been preserved.

For more information, head to ausarmour.com