----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Winnington-Ball" <gwball@sympatico.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M75 and Sexton for sale
>Hence, the conversion of the
> existing Priests to APC use (a first in any event!) and the adoption of
> a 'domestic' SPG, the Sexton.
>
Interesting that these vehicles "broke" with US tradition and took to the
British naming system, all SPGs being named after a church official up to,
and including, the post war FV433 Abbot. Wasn't there a "Bishop" Geoff ?
Likewise during the war and after tanks have been officially named with
words starting with C, there are a few exceptions for very good reason, but
you have Comet, Cromwell, Churchill, Cruiser, Caernarvon, Centaur,
Centurion, Conqueror, and latterly Challenger I & II, and likely a few I
have missed.
Alvis Motors cornered the market of S words and managed thereby to have
entirely appropriate names for their range of MVs depending on the
designated role, just the basic CVR(T) chassis in various guises is aptly
named Scorpion, Scimitar, Sultan, Striker, Samson, Samaritan etc.
Richard
Southampton - England
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