The M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage, dubbed the Priest, was the most successful and widely used example of American self-propelled artillery during WWII. Examples continued to be used by the U.S. Army during the Korean war, and beyond, even serving Allied countries into the 1970s. Coined the Priest due to its pulpit-like structure for the gun commander, this armored fighting vehicle would see action in North Africa, Italy, and the D-Day landings in Normandy and all the way to Germany.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter One: Baldwin Locomotive Works T32
• Chapter Two: American Locomotive Works M7
• Chapter Three: Federal Machine and Welder M7
• Chapter Four: Pressed Steel Car Company M7B1
• Chapter Five: Howitzer Motor Carriage M7B2
• Chapter Six: Field Use
• Appendix One: Priest Contracts and Deliveries
• Appendix Two: General Data
• Appendix Three: M2A1 Howitzer Specifications
• Appendix Four: The Armoured Field Artillery Battalion
• Plate section