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The Bishop, formal designation Ordnance QF 25-pdr on Carrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1, was a British self-propelled gun vehicle based on the Valentine tank and armed with the QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer, which could fire an 87.6 mm (3.45 in) 11.5 kg (25 lb) HE shell or an armour-piercing shell. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self ...
The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. Durable, easy to operate and versatile, [2] it was the most produced and used British field gun and gun-howitzer during the war.
A 1941 design with the Ordnance QF 25-pounder was nicknamed "the Bishop", as its appearance was said to resemble a bishop's mitre. A replacement, the US 105 Millimeter Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, was given the service name "Priest" by the British, as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a priest's pulpit.
Archer was a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun on Valentine chassis Bishop was a 25-pounder gun mounted on a Valentine chassis. 25-pdr SP, tracked, Sexton; Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer; 3inch Self Propelled M10 – Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under lend-lease from America. 17pdr Self propelled M10C – M10 rearmed with 17 ...
A British self-propelled gun armed with the Ordnance QF 25-pounder in design from 1941 was given the service name "Bishop" as its appearance was said to resemble a bishop's mitre. A replacement, the US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was called "Priest" by the British, as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a priest's pulpit.
The 105 mm howitzer motor carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II.It was given the service name 105 mm self propelled, Priest by the British Army, due to the pulpit-like machine gun ring, and following on from the Bishop and the contemporary Deacon self-propelled guns.
John Gregory Bishop Adams: 1893 1894 Massachusetts: Thomas G. Lawler: 1894 1895 Illinois: Ivan N. Walker: 1895 1896 Indiana: Thaddeus Stevens Clarkson: 1896 1897 Nebraska: John Peter Shindel Gobin: 1897 1898 Pennsylvania: James Andrew Sexton: 1898 1899 Illinois: Died in office, February 5, 1899. William Christie Johnson 1899 1899 Ohio: Albert ...
QF 6 pdr gun. Also known as "Alecto Recce" [1] Mk III QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer. Prototype partially completed Mk IV QF 32-pounder, not built [5] Alecto Dozer Some vehicles completed in 1945 with hydraulically operated bulldozer blades [1] Alecto dozer.