Aberdeen US Army Ordinance Museum - American Tanks - M7 Priest Gun Motor Carriage
Bill Maloney
7/11/2007

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M7 Priest Gun Motor Carriage Specifications:

More M7 Priest Self Propelled Howitzers at other Military Museums in the northeast
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Another M7 Priest Self Propelled Gun at the Vermont Militia Museum in Essex Junction, VT M7 Priest Self Propelled Gun at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY
  M7 Priest Self Propelled Gun
  M7 Priest Self Propelled Gun at the Fort Dix Army Reserve Mobilization Museum in Fort Dix, NJ

Length: 19 feet 8 inches
Width:
9 feet, 5 inches
Height:
8 feet, 6 inch
Crew:
7
Weight:
23 Tons
Max Speed: 24mph
Range: 120 miles
Armor: inch frontal
Powerplant: One Continental R-975 Radial Air Cooled Gas Engine 400hp
Fuel Capacity: 175 gallons
Armament:
 One 105 M1 Howitzer
 One 50 cal Machine Gun
Entered Service: 1942
Unit Cost: $

Here's a Youtube video of an M7 Priest on the move at a military show. One more M7 Priest video, this time firing its howitzer.

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