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than the M7, the M37 105mm howitzer motor carriage provided better crew protection and a much more efficient M4 105mm howitzer was the same model used in the WWII 105mm Shermans.
he M37 105mm howitzer motor carriage used a lengthened M24 chassis with the engine still in the rear. The main crew mpartment was a simple box shaped structure protecting the crew and the ammunition. Stowage racks on the rear were similar to ose added to WWII M7s.
This M37, seen at the National Desert Warfare Training Centre in the 1950s, is actually overall Olive Drab but is so covered in dust it appears to be white. Military vehicles tend to have some traces of oil and grime that attract dust and dirt, and the desert is where that is most evident.
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