It used a box carriage with wooden wheels, a gun shield to protect the crew and a hydro-pneumatic recoil system mounted under the barrel.

It used an interrupted-screw breech with separate-loading ammunition; the shell being loaded first followed by the proper amount of propellant in a brass cartridge case.

Surviving examples were upgraded in the Thirties with a new carriage with pneumatic tires as the 152 mm gaubitsa obr.

During the Continuation War they served with Heavy Artillery Battalion 30 although they were withdrawn relatively quickly because they were worn out and stored until 1966 against future need.

[1] When World War I broke out this was the most modern howitzer design that France had available so it was re-barreled in 155 mm (6.1 in), the standard French caliber.