M7 Priest in Canadian service

Military Modelling October 8 2010 had a article titled Canadian Normandy Priests.

Lot's of photos showing Priests getting ready for D-Day.

Talks about their mission on D-Day and why the Canadian use of theM7 was short lived.

Dave

I have not - I've never been on there before

Have you tried posting this on Armorama?  There are several regulars there with a fair knowledge of Canadian afv history.

How about a few "in action" photos

gunner_chris

I just can't imagine the gun in transport with rounds mated.

Chris, I think you are right there.  From what I've read, these Priests were issued as divisional artillery, and would be traveling behind front lines as opposed to being direct fire weapons.  As mentioned the month of August, most crews would revert back to their 25 pounder field guns.

regards,

Jack

the ones that come with the kit are not tipped like a normal fuzed round, but they certainly come to a rounded point that could be shaped nicer to depict a round ready to fire.

I just can't imagine the gun in transport with rounds mated.

I think I;ll flip them and paint them as the cardboard transport tubes.

Google is your friend:

www.usarmymodels.com/.../2%20105mmAmmunition.html

I am pretty sure that they had their US Army markings replaced as needed with the appropriate Canadian markings. I cant answer about the rounds. Perhaps some image searching online can help you? Try various word combos.

I can't speak to the marking question, but the few photos I found showing the ammo stowage in action showed that if the vehicle was moving the rounds were still in the cardboard tubes. I found a couple in which the vehicle was set up and firing; the ammo was laid out on a tarp or crates next to the vehicle, already assembled.