korean war m7 priest

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

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.

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

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.