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Old 21-05-24, 22:23
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Default more M33 Prime Movers in Italy
Some more photos found on facebook, posted by World War Pictures:

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M33 Prime Movers towing M1 8” / 203mm guns near Cori Italy - May 1944
The M33 was an M31 TRV (Based on the M3 Lee/Grant) converted into an artillery tractor role, with turret and crane removed, note dummy 75mm gun.
LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer WWP-PD

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To which José-Daniel Cabanilles added:
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C Btry, 697th FA Bn 5th Army. 697th FA Bn equipped with 240mm How. with the II Corps 697th FA, with the VI Corps 698th attached with the Brazilian force det 697th & 698th FA Bn (240mm How)
932th FA Bn (with the II Corps as the 697th), 194th FA (with the VI Corps), attached with the Brazilian force 630th & 995th FA Bn (8inch How)
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