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                        korean war m7 priest

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                        JCB8116
                        • Member since
                          September 2012
                        korean war m7 priest
                        Posted by JCB8116 on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:44 PM
                        im thinking of building a korean war priest, and i was wondering if any of the dragon kits can be used, or if im stuck to using the old italeri kit.
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                        T26E4
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by T26E4 on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:58 PM

                        Currently, the two DML M7 HMCs are early and mid production versions with the M3-type VVS bogies. From photographic evidence, I don't recall seeing any of these in the Korean conflict.  Kitbashing is an option.

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:34 PM

                        The Italeri M7 Priest is a late model M7B1 which would be accurate for a Korean war version. These were built at the end of WWII and saw limited action in Europe.  Italeri's version is actually quite good and will build up nicely.  

                        Here is a build article of it from US Army Models.com. :

                        http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/Building%20Italeri%20Priest/1%20Intro.html

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                        stikpusher
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:41 PM

                        During the Korean War, many M7s were modified to M7B2 standard which raised the gun mount to permit higher angle of fire. This was due to the steep hilly terrain.

                         

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                        T26E4
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by T26E4 on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:59 PM

                        Gino: I'm almost 100% that the Italeri M7 is the later production radial engined M7 and not the Ford engined M7B1.  Also all M7B2s (the raised modifications) were made from M7B1s and not from any M7s.  HTH

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                        Bronto
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Cat Central, NC
                        Posted by Bronto on Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:17 AM
                        The italeri m7 is a radial engined version, based off their m4a1 kit
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