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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 M37 105 mm howitzer motor carriage (named T76 105 mm HMC during development starting in 8 July 1943 [2]) was developed by the US on an extended M24 Chaffee base, and was intended to be the successor to the 105 mm M7 Priest. It used the same 105 mm Howitzer M4 as the ones mounted on some M4 Sherman medium tanks. The M37 HMC was an open ...
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 ...
M7 Priest; M37 105 mm howitzer motor carriage; M41 howitzer motor carriage; M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage; M44 self-propelled howitzer; M55 self-propelled howitzer; M108 howitzer; M109 howitzer; M110 howitzer; M1299 howitzer
M3 Gun Motor Carriage; M7 Priest; M12 Gun Motor Carriage; M37 105 mm howitzer motor carriage; M40 Gun Motor Carriage; M41 howitzer motor carriage; M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage; M55 self-propelled howitzer; M107 self-propelled gun; M142 HIMARS; M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System; M1129 mortar carrier
105 K105A1 South Korea: 2022 105 StuH 42 Nazi Germany: 1943 105 M7 Priest United States: 1942 105 Wespe Nazi Germany: 1943 105 Type 74 105 mm self-propelled howitzer Japan: 1975 105 M37 howitzer motor carriage United States: 1950 105 M108 self-propelled howitzer United States: 1962 105 Mk 61 105 mm self-propelled howitzer France: 1958 114 BT-42 ...
The M108 howitzer is an American self-propelled 105 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s as a replacement for the M52 self-propelled howitzer. [1]The M108 was powered by a Detroit Diesel turbocharged 8V-71T 8-cylinders 405 hp engine.
The gun fires semi-fixed 105 mm (4 in) ammunition and 55 rounds of ammunition can be carried in the gun compartment. Generally, 6 of the 55 rounds were high-explosive anti-tank warhead (HEAT) with the remaining rounds being HE (high explosive). The HEAT round could penetrate 350 mm (14 in) of armor at an incidence of 0° or 105 mm (4 in) or ...