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M7 PRIEST

The M7 Priest was an American self-propelled gun of the Second World War based on the M3 tank chassis and mounted with a 105 mm howitzer and a 12.7 mm machine-gun. The M7 Priest was manned by a crew of five protected by armour ranging from 12 to 108 mm thick, and powered by a Continental nine-cylinder radial piston engine providing a top speed of 42 kmh and a range of 200 km. The
M7 Priest was first produced in 1942, with production ending in July 1945 though the M7 Priest remained in service until 1960, seeing action again during the Korean War.
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