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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 ...
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 Finland: 1943 122 2S1 Gvodzika / M1974 Soviet Union: 1972 122 ...
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
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 ...
M36 GMC = M36 Gun Motor Carriage with 90 mm M1 gun; M7 HMC = M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage, M3 (Grant) or M4 (Sherman) hull with 105 mm howitzer in forward-facing mount. Given the service name "Priest" by the British. M12 GMC = M12 Gun Motor Carriage, M3 (Grant) hull with 155 mm M1918 gun in forward-facing mount
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 ...
A Priest Kangaroo in Italy, April 1945. Modified US 105mm M7 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage. These vehicles were worn out and had been removed from service. The main armament - the 105 mm gun complete with mount and mantlet - was removed leading to the nickname "defrocked Priests,". The engine was overhauled and the mechanicals checked ."Armour ...