Lessons learned with half-tracks (such as the T19 howitzer motor carriage (HMC) with a 105 mm howitzer on the M3 half-track chassis) also showed that this vehicle would have to be armored …

Feb 1, 2025 · Due to the lack of an effective self-propelled gun (SPG) in US service, in October 1941, Major General Jacob L. Devers recommended the development of a 105 mm howitzer …

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.

Nov 8, 2021 · The HMC T32 was not without fault, but it still proved preferable to the HMC T19 halftrack. Baldwin Locomotive built two prototypes that were conceptually different from the …

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. In February …

The M7 Motor Carriage was the production vehicle of the T32 HMC. The T32 was designed to provide a mobile artillery piece and put together the 105mm M2A1 Howitzer on a modified M3 …

T32 - Prototype designation, two of which have been produced; the 105mm main gun is used in conjunction with the chassis of the M3 Lee medium tank.

The vehicle has been granted a provisional mark T32. It was armed with an 105 mm M1A2 howitzer and a M2 machine gun. After field trials, howitzer was adopted for armament in …

Work on the basic design of the M7 began in June 1941 when studies for the T32 Gun Motor Carriage were authorised. This vehicle would carry a 105mm howitzer on the chassis of a M3 …

Aug 17, 2017 · With a few improvements, including lowing the silhouette, raising the frontal armor to 3 inches, and decreasing the side and rear armor to 1/2 inches, the T32 was standardized …