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British Defrocked Priest
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By the end of July 1944 the US were running into shortages of 105mm howitzer ammunition and requested that British and Canadian forces stop using the M7 Priest. This left substantial numbers of Priests no longer in use and Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, commander of the II Canadian Corps, devised a way of utilising these spare vehicles as troop carriers, providing transport for advancing infantry and reducing losses with armoured protection. Initially seventy-two vehicles were delivered to Army Workshops Detachment (AMD) code-named 'Kangaroo' stationed near Bayeux, stripped of the 105mm howitzer and the front aperture welded over. They could carry twelve troops with full equipment. The Defrocked Priests or Kangaroos were baptised in battle in Operation Totalise, south of Caen, and were used in action throughout the rest of the month. The crew usually consisted of the driver, with at times an added member, either an officer or NCO.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 2x British Defrocked Priest with passengers
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