![]() ![]() The Priests were subsequently returned to US custody and other vehicles used. They were first used on 8 August 1944 during Operation Totalize south of Caen. At a field workshop (codenamed Kangaroo, hence the name) they were stripped of their 105mm guns, the front aperture welded over, then sent into service carrying twelve troops. These were no longer needed, as these regiments were re-equipped with towed 25 pounder guns in late July. The first Kangaroos were converted from 102 M7 Priest self-propelled guns of three field artillery regiments of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division who were involved in the initial assault on 6 June 1944. ![]() In July 1944, Harry Crerar's First Canadian Army was concerned by manpower shortages and Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, commander of the II Canadian Corps, devised Kangaroos as a way of reducing infantry losses. Or if picking Commandos, load with the PIAT Commandos first then Commandos is next. A good way of using the massive garrisson space is to fill the Kangaroo with for an example with 2 PIAT armed Sappers and 1 Infantry Section armed with rifle grenandes. ![]()
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