Putilov decided to complete the order for the Russian Army first then build the extra 17 guns.

In common with the Schneider designs the Putilov guns had hydraulic recoil absorption and pneumatic recuperation.

The barrel transport cart and the gun carriage required teams of 10 horses to move them.

Later in the war the Russian army started using tractors, often imported American Allis-Chamers types, to move these guns as a train.

The gun's wheels could be fitted with hinged flat plates, similar to the French "ceinture de roues", to permit towing on soft ground.

The use of heavy field guns for counter-battery fire and interdiction of enemy supplies in World War 1, rather than the reduction of static fortifications, required a more flexible command structure than that offered by classical siege artillery.

The first guns from Putilov had weak carriages which deformed and cracked around the barrel support areas.

In part, this may have been due to poor quality Russian steel since the equivalent Schneider guns did not suffer from this problem.