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 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.

2025年1月24日 · Two divisions "Priest" in 1973 fought on the Syrian front - in the 213rd and 282nd artillery regiments of the 146th and 210th divisions. Soon after the war, both divisions were re-equipped with M107 SPGs, and all Priest self-propelled guns were transferred to storage.

The Priest was, like the Sherman, widely exported, but by 2000, remained in service only by Yugoslavia, Israel (in a reserve role), and some South American and Southeast Asian countries. The M7 Priest proved to be so ubiquitous that most US Army posts have one parked in front of their museums, or at their parks of main gates.

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 the need to have a self-propelled artillery vehicle with a suitably large gun suitable for supporting infantry operations.

2013年8月9日 · The M7 Priest was a self-propelled howitzer that saw extensive use during World War II as the primary artillery support for armored divisions. The gun got its nickname from the British who...

2017年11月15日 · The 105mm M7B2 Priest self-propelled howitzer was the last production version of the famous American self-propelled howitzer from World War II. This modification was in service longer than others, the American army used this …

After the introduction of the Canadian-built Sexton self-propelled artillery in 1944, which used British ammunition to ease logistics, 102 of the British M7 Priest vehicles were converted between Oct 1944 and Apr 1945 into Kangaroo armored personnel carriers capable of carrying 20 passengers and a crew of two.

2015年3月20日 · 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 with alacrity, and the type first went into action with them at …

The 105 mm Howitzer M7 Self Propelled Priest was an open topped armoured box on the US M3/M4 tank chassis mounting a 105 mm Howitzer.