Sexton

Notes: Though the Canadians and British liked the US M-7 Priest self-propelled howitzer, the 105mm howitzer was not a standard issue gun for the Canadians or British during World War 2. The British MOD therefore decided to build a self-propelled howitzer based on the Priest, but using the 25-pounder field gun that was standard with Canadian and British forces. This vehicle became the Sexton. The appearance is very similar to the Priest, but the "pulpit" mount for the M-2HB machinegun was removed, and a projecting rear area was added for increased ammunition storage and to give the gun crew more room to work. Two Bren machineguns were added for local and antiaircraft defense. The last user was India, but this was some time ago.

Vehicle

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

Early

$256,453

G, A

500 kg

25.86 tons

6

10

Headlights

Open

Late

$256,639

G, A

500 kg

26.4 tons

6

10

Headlights

Open

Vehicle

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

Early

129/90

30/21

682

236

Stnd

T5

HF6 HS3 HR3

Late

143/100

33/23

682

281

Stnd

T5

HF6 HS3 HR3

Vehicle

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

(Both)

None

None

25-Pounder (87.6mm) Howitzer, 2xBren

105x87.6mm, 1500x.303