U.S. Army Argentine army[1] Austrian Army[2] Belgian army British Army Canadian Army French Army Israel Defense Forces Italian Army Norwegian army Pakistan Army Philippine Army Philippine Constabulary Republic of China Armed Forces Bundeswehr (West German Army) Yugoslav People's Army[3]
Production history
Manufacturer
American Locomotive Company (M7) Pressed Steel Car (M7B1) Federal Machine and Welder (M7)
Produced
April 1942 – July 1945[4]
No. built
M7: 3489, M7B1: 826 M7B2: 127 converted from M7B1[4]
Variants
M7, M7B1, M7B2
Specifications
Mass
50,640 lb (22.97 metric tons)
Length
19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)[5]
Width
9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) with sandshields
Height
8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)[5] 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) over AA machine gun
The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was an American self-propelled gun vehicle produced during World War II. It was given the official service name 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, 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.
^Tracol, Xavier (October 2011). "Blindorama : L'Argentine 1926–1945". Batailles et Blindés (in French). No. 45. Caraktère. pp. 4–7. ISSN 1765-0828.
^"Rearming Austria: WWII weapons". wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com. 14 June 2015.
^Kočevar, Iztok (August 2014). "Micmac à tire-larigot chez Tito: L'arme blindée yougoslave durant la Guerre froide" [The Yugoslav armored arm during the Cold War]. Batailles et Blindés (in French). No. 62. Caraktère. pp. 66–79. ISSN 1765-0828.
^ abcZaloga, Steven J. (2013). M7 Priest 105mm HMC. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-1-78096-023-4.
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