Firstly, in the US, the 25-pounder Howitzer Motor Carriage T51 – a Priest adapted to mount the 25-pounder – was tested from July 1942. Development was delayed by issues including the destruction of the gun mount on the prototype, during the first live-firing trials.

The Sexton self propelled guns was built in Canada combining the chassis of the American M3, and atter Ram, with a 25 pdr howitzer. It was used by British and Commonwealth forces during WW2

The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War.

Oct 8, 2018 · The system carried a crew of six personnel and was primarily armed with her single 25-pounder field gun and normally carried 2 x Bren .303 caliber light machine guns to provide some close-in anti-aircraft defense as well as fire support against advancing enemy troops.

A Canadian-built Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, Italy, 6 September 1944.

To alleviate this issue, the Canadian Department of Munitions and Supply's Army Engineering Design Branch completed "The 25pdr SP, tracked" design with the British QF 25-pounder guns to resolve the logistics issue.

It was developed to give the British Army a mobile artillery gun using their Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer. From 1943 it replaced the US built M7 Priest (US 105 mm guns on a M3 Lee tank chassis); these had replaced the British Bishop (25 pdr on Valentine tank chassis) which had been improvised in 1942.

Nov 25, 2022 · The 25-pounder was probably the most outstanding field artillery piece used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War, being durable, easy to operate and versatile.

On this mission, a barrage of Sexton cannons put their 25-pounders in maximum firing position and, with minimal expense, flashed the shells over hills and into enemy infantry units. Sexton was also used for hit-and-run missions, as in Holland, where Sexton advanced and shelled German positions under cover of darkness, only to retreat to British ...

The Tracked Self-Propelled 25 pounder, Sexton, was a self propelled artillery gun based on the Canadian Ram medium tank. The Ram was a medium tank loosely based on the American Medium Tank M3, but with a new upper body and that carried its main gun in a turret.