M7 Priest passes by a Humber scout car as it moves into position to support an attack on Caen, 8 July 1944. During the Battle of the Bulge, each US armored division had three battalions of …

The HMC M7 Priest was the US main Howitzer Motor Carriage, used on all fronts of WW2 from Africa to Germany and the Pacific, and later the Korean war.

KOHEN is a later-model M7B1 Priest, powered by a Ford GAA 1100 cubic inch V-8 engine producing 400 horsepower. The Priest continued in U.S. Army service during the Korean War. …

Mar 22, 2021 · The M7 "Priest" (known formally as the "105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7") was the principle mobile artillery system for Allied ground forces throughout World War 2.

Jan 24, 2025 · Self-propelled howitzer, designed on the basis of the M3 medium tank, and later on the M4. This vehicle was designed to provide mobile fire support for tank divisions.

Later in 1942, 90 M7 vehicles were transferred to the British forces in North Africa, where they were nicknamed "Priest" for the pulpit-like machine gun rings.

The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War 2. After the outbreak of World War II, American observers realised …

Aug 9, 2013 · The 105mm M1A2 howitzer was mounted on an M3 or M4 tank chassis to create the 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. The first M7s saw service with U.S. forces in the …

Built on the ubiquitous M4 Sherman hull, the open-topped superstructure held a 105mm howitzer supported by a .50 cal heavy machine gun on a ring mount – a characteristic which inspired …

Mar 20, 2015 · The British soon named the M7 the Priest, legend having it that the prominent machine-gun mounting gave the impression of a pulpit. The British gunners adopted the M7 …