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UNIQUE ID 2058: M7B2 PRIEST HOWITZER MOTOR CARRIAGE

Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, USA

(Location: Military Vehicle Technology Foundation)


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Unique ID: 2058
Added to Database: 11 January 2012
Last Edited: 23 March 2012
Type (ID): M7 Priest (1500)
Model (ID): M7B2 Priest (1506)
Location Category (ID): Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF) (54000)
Location (ID): Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (54000)
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Collection Reference: E1988.24.
Links: SVSM Walkaround
Bovington Vehicle Record
HMVF 1
HMVF 2
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Pressed Steel Car Company, Hegewisch, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Manufacturer of base M7B1 1944-January 1945)
2: Bowen-McLaughlin York (BMY), York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA (Converter to M7B2 early 1950s)
3: Unknown Location, Germany (Bundeswehr service – Dates unknown)
4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (From 1988)
5: Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, San Mateo County, California, USA (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:

This vehicle is identified in the Bovington Vehicle Record as an M7B1. It was put on the museum books in 1988. Marked ‘GONE’ in museum record. It has been described as ex-Bundeswehr (source: steveo578/HMVF). It went to Littlefield via Clive Evans (source: A. Barrell/HMVF).


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1988

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 1988
Contributor: A. Adams
Photo ID: 6833
Added: 16 March 2012
Filename: FL_M7B2P...
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