kcw
07-28-2011, 08:27
A relative today gave me a WWII photo of my dad, with carbine in hand, standing in front of what a first glance appears to an "M7 Motor Howitzer Carriage", sometimes known a a Priest when in the British service. My copy of "Janes" shows theM7 to have a mid mounted 105mm, the distinctive "cupola" on the right front corner supposedly having a .50 cal in it.
The unit in my photo however has NO 105mm gun (no gun there at all)...and the cupola barrel is much taller and appears to have a bit larger diameter than the unit shown in Janes, PLUS it has a gun which appears to be something on the order of a 75mm sticking out of it.
Anyone have an idea as to just what the unit in the photo might be?
The unit in my photo however has NO 105mm gun (no gun there at all)...and the cupola barrel is much taller and appears to have a bit larger diameter than the unit shown in Janes, PLUS it has a gun which appears to be something on the order of a 75mm sticking out of it.
Anyone have an idea as to just what the unit in the photo might be?