“THE PRIEST.”
BRITAIN’S NEWEST GUN. (Rec. 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24. Details have been issued of Britain s newest self-propelled gun, a 105 nuilimetre gun howitzer nicknamed |he Priest,” which, as a reply to the German 88 millimetre anti-tank gun, put the Allies ahead in the Btli Army s campaign. The gun is mounted on a General Grant chassis, which also carried a one-pointer anti-aircraft gun. It is recalled that Mr Churchill last November disclosed that large numbers of high velocity self-propelled guns had been sent to Egypt from the United "“States.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 90, 26 January 1943, Page 3
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