SEXTON 25pdr SP - Walkaround - Ver-Sur-Mer - Espace Robert Kiln.

The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a Canadian-designed self-propelled artillery vehicle.
Development of the Sexton started after the British General Staff requirement a vehicle with mobility and characteristics of
the M7 Priest but with the QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer.
the Priest used the American 105 mm howitzer which was not in use
in other British units.
Having to supply different ammunition for just a few units complicated supply for the British Army.
The Americans started working on a T51 prototype 25 pounder Howitzer Motor Carriage, but this vehicle suffered delays, so Britain turned to Canada.
The Canadians were asked to build a vehicle similar to the M7 on the Ram tank chassis.
A prototype was completed on 23 June 1942, which would follow trials in Canada and in the United Kingdom in early 1943. the vehicle was found to be highly satisfactory and was given the designation "Sexton" and 300 orders of the Sextons would follow in the summer of 1943.

The British Sextons were to be built on Grizzly tank hulls instead of Ram tank hulls.
The Ram-based Sexton was designated as the Sexton Mark I and the Grizzly-based Sexton was designated the Sexton Mark II. British orders for the Sexton II eventually totaled 2,026 vehicles.
The Sexton would first see combat in Italy and later in the Battle of Normandy and the invasion of France
During the D-day landings, a number of Sextons were ordered to fire
from their landing craft as they approached the beaches although
the fire did not prove to be very accurate, because of the unstable platform.
But it proved to be a successful design that remained in British service until 1956.

This Sexton has no historical information it was probably sold to Portugal and ended up with many vehicles at Pounds of Portsmouth scrapyard in the UK in the 1980.

It was sold and restored in the 90s and with the effort from Dr Matthew KILN placed as a monument at Ver-Sur-Mer in memory of his father. Major Robert KILN, and the British troops who landed on this beach.

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