The advantage was flexibility, maneuverability and they could give the tanks of the armored divisions artillery support on every desired moment. The M7 and M7B1 Priest were used by the American and British armor divisions as Self Propelled Artillery. Major improvement was the implementation of the GAA V8 engine which was without any doubt the best tank engine built in the US during WW-II. It was produced from March 1944 until February 1945 by the Pressed Steal Car Company. M7B1 Priest came later in production then the M7 and was based on the M4A3 Sherman. 50 machinegun pulpit looks unmistakably on a pulpit in a church. Starting with 2 prototypes (the T32) the Priest went in production in April 1942. Therefore, the US Army decided that they require a Howitzer on a full tracked vehicle in 1941. Before the M7 was available the American forces used half Tracks as self-propelled basis for the 75mm and 105mm Howitzers (GMC: Gun Motor Carriage) but this was not very successful. The M7B1 was the successor of the famous M7. This HMC was successfully used by the US and British Artillery. ![]() The M7B1 was equipped with the reliable and powerful Ford GAA V8 tank engine with a Displacement of 1,100 cu in (18 L) and a power output of 525 HP and 1,100 lbs. The Priest was constructed on the same platform as the Sherman M4A3 tank. The M7B1 is a so-called HMC (‘Howitzer Motor Carriage’) and was produced only in 1944 by the Pressed Steal Car Company. This is a complete ground up restoration. Restoration project of a Priest M7B1 which was built in 1944 (hull number 4381, in total 826 M7B1 are produced till February 1945) and giving the Army regisration USA 40152844-S.
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