Editing M7 Priest (section)

=== After World War II ===
'''Korean War'''<br />
M7 Priests remained in use during the [[Korean War]], where their flexibility, compared to [[towed artillery]] units, led the US Army on the path to converting fully to self-propelled howitzers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gourley|first1=Scott R.|title=The Korean War's Land Battle Legacy|url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-korean-wars-land-battle-legacy/|website=Defense Media Network|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> The limited gun elevation of the M7 (35 degrees) hampered its ability to shoot over the tall Korean mountains, so 127 M7B1s were modified to permit the full 65 degrees elevation in a model known as the M7B2. After the Korean War, many of these were exported to [[NATO]] countries, notably Italy and Germany.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zaloga|first1=Steven J.|title=M7 Priest 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage|date=2013|publisher=Osperey Publishing|isbn=978-1-78096-025-8|page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yrSdCwAAQBAJ&q=israeli+m7+priest&pg=PA46|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

'''Israel'''<br />
Israel acquired a number of M7 Priests during the 1960s and employed them in the [[Six-Day War]], the [[War of Attrition]] and the [[Yom Kippur War]] where three M7 units, the 822nd, 827th and 829th Battalions in the IDF [[Northern Command (Israel)|Northern Command]], supported operations in the [[Golan Heights]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Asher|first1=Dani|title=Inside Israel's Northern Command: The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border|date=2014|publisher=University of Kentucky Press|location=Lexington, Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-6766-4|edition=2016 US|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zyONCwAAQBAJ&q=180mm+gun+syria&pg=PT29|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

'''West Germany'''<br />
The new [[West Germany|West German]] {{Lang|de|[[Bundeswehr]]|italic=no}} received 127 Priests as its first self-propelled artillery vehicle. They entered service in 1956 and were used until the early 1960s.