M7 HOWITZER 105MM MOTOR CARRAIGE

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Made in 1941 by the Baldwin Locomotive Company. The hull of an M3 medium tank was used as a base. The addition of an armor-protected anti-aircraft machine gun mounted at the right front of the hull, a structure, which, resembling a pulpit, led to the vehicle, being nicknamed “Priest” by the British Army. This vehicle is powered by a Continental 9-cylinder, 400 horsepower gasoline radial engine. This unit carried 69 rounds of ammunition.

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