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  • Sexton (artillery)
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  • The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies. It was developed to give the British Army a mobile artillery gun using their Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer. From 1943 it replaced the US built M7 Priest (US 105 mm guns on a M3 Lee tank chassis); these had replaced the British Bishop (25 pdr on Valentine tank chassis) which had been improvised in 1942.
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Length
  • 612.14
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Number
  • 2000
vehicle range
  • 125
Origin
  • Canada
Speed
  • 25.0
Secondary Armament
  • 5030
  • Two 0.303 Bren light machine guns
Service
  • 1943
Name
  • 25
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • Sexton on exhibition in the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw; this particular vehicle was used during WWII by the Polish 1st Armoured Division
Width
  • 271.78000000000003
traverse
  • 25
primary armament
  • 105
  • Ordnance QF 25 pounder Mk II
Wars
Weight
  • 25
Height
  • 8.0
Manufacturer
is UK
  • yes
Armour
  • up to 32 mm
Engine
  • Continental R-975 9 cylinder Radial gasoline
production date
  • 1943
design date
  • 1942
engine power
  • 400.0
Suspension
is vehicle
  • yes
Variants
  • Mark I, Mark II
Crew
  • 6
Elevation
  • +40° to -9°
abstract
  • The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies. It was developed to give the British Army a mobile artillery gun using their Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer. From 1943 it replaced the US built M7 Priest (US 105 mm guns on a M3 Lee tank chassis); these had replaced the British Bishop (25 pdr on Valentine tank chassis) which had been improvised in 1942.