could carry 20 infantry plus a crew of two. A total of 102 were converted between October 1944 and April 1945. The name "Kangaroo" became generic for all conversions of armored fighting vehicles into personnel carriers, including Ram tank conversions. 25pdr Howitzer Motor Carriage T51 M7 fitted with 25 pounder gun in July 1942. British SPG naming scheme A British self-propelled gun armed with the Ordnance QF 25-pounder in design from 1941 was nicknamed Bishop as its appearance was said to resemble a bishop's mitre and a replacement, the US 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, was called "Priest", as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a pulpit. Following this line of names, a 1942 self-propelled gun armed with the QF 6 pounder was named Deacon and a 1943 weapon carrier with the QF 25-pounder was called Sexton. See also G-numbers (SNL G128) List of "M" series military vehicles M108 howitzer Notes References Doyle, David. Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause Publications, 2003 Bishop, Chris. The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2002 Collins, Michael. King, Martin. Voices of the Bulge: Untold Stories from Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. MBI Publishing Company, 2011 Jones, Richard. Tanks. Zenith Imprint, 2004 TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. dated 1 September 1943 TM 9-731E TM 9-1725 TM 9-1750A TM 9-1750B TM 9-1750C TM 9-1750D TM 9-1750K TM 9-1751 TM 9-1825A TM 9-1825B External links AFV Database (Pictures ) World War II Vehicles M7 Priest Walk Arounds at Prime Portal https://salutetofreedom.org/ny.html Self-propelled howitzers of the United States Self-propelled artillery of the United States World War II self-propelled artillery World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States M007 105 mm artillery Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944