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Photographer: Efner Research Library
Caption: The Last M-7 Produced at ALCO
Additional Description: Female employees from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) pose with the last M-7 produced by ALCO. One of ALCO’s unique contributions to the war effort was the design, development and production of the M7 “Priest” self-propelled armored artillery vehicle. It took ALCO only 19 days to meet the Army requirement for this vehicle. The M-7 was simply a 105mm howitzer mounted to an M-3 chassis. It turned out to be a weapon that gave Allied Armies in World War II unprecedented firepower and revolutionized the use of artillery on the battlefield even into our modern era.
Submitted: December 30, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p186981
File Size: 0.264 Megabytes

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