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The US 105 Millimeter Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 which replaced the Bishop, was given the service name "Priest" by the British, as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a priest's pulpit. Following this line of names, a 1942 self-propelled gun armed with the 57 mm QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun was the Deacon , and a 1943 vehicle with the ...
The 105 mm howitzer motor carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II. It was given the service name 105 mm self propelled, Priest by the British Army , due to the pulpit-like machine gun ring, and following on from the Bishop and the contemporary Deacon self-propelled guns.
The T30 howitzer motor carriage (HMC) was a United States Army self-propelled gun used in World War II.Its design was based on requirements for an assault gun issued by the Armored Force in 1941 and it was built as an interim solution until a fully tracked design was complete.
As a stop-gap, the US-built M7 Priest, with a M101 105 mm howitzer, mounted on a M3 Lee chassis, was soon replacing the Bishop, reaching service in October 1942. [2] In March 1942, the UK ordered 2,500 for 1942 with another 3,000 for 1943. The first M7s were rushed to Egypt for the Second Battle of El Alamein where they played an important part ...
M12 Gun Motor Carriage; M40 Gun Motor Carriage; M41 howitzer motor carriage; M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage; M44 self-propelled howitzer; M55 self-propelled howitzer; M107 self-propelled gun; M108 howitzer; M109 howitzer; M110 howitzer; M1299 howitzer; Mk 61 105 mm self-propelled howitzer; Mk F3 155 mm
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The towed 240 mm howitzer M1 was difficult to use due to its weight. Experience with the 155 mm howitzer on the M4 chassis suggested it might be possible to mount it on the Heavy Tank T26E3 (which was formally named "heavy tank M26 Pershing" in March 1945) chassis, and that the 8-inch gun could also be mounted as part of a planned "heavy combat team" using the same chassis (other members would ...
The 155 mm gun motor carriage M40 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4A3 chassis, but with a Continental engine and with HVSS (horizontal volute spring suspension), which was introduced at the end of the Second World War.