M7 Priest Walk Around
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS5717

Overview

By David Doyle

The US M7 self-propelled 105mm Howitzer, known as the Priest, was
originally developed on the basis of an M3 medium tank chassis.
Nicknamed the Priest because of its pulpit-like anti-aircraft
ring, the vehicle was intended to provide armored units with
organic, highly-mobile artillery support. Production began in
April 1942 and it first went into combat with British at the
Second Battle of El-Alamein in the autumn of that year, with US
forces first taking the American-built vehicle into engagements
in Tunisia somewhat later. M4 Sherman tank parts were
incorporated into later Priests, in place of the earlier M3 tank
components, and late models - those built during 1944 and after -
also featured fold-down armor along the sides and rear of the
fighting compartment.

Packed with more than 230 photographs, plus color profiles and
detailed line drawings; 80 pages.