The Versuchmörser 06 was fairly conventional for its time and most nations had similar weapons such as the French 220 mm TR mle 1915/1916 or British BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 6 - 8.

The Versuchmörser 06 was a short barreled breech-loading howitzer on a two-wheeled box trail carriage with a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism.

The gun had an early form of horizontal sliding-block breech and it fired separate-loading, bagged charges and projectiles.

[1] Despite its advantages, the Versuchmörser 06 did not pass its acceptance tests and was not placed into mass production because the German Army required 9 km (5.6 mi) range and lighter weight which was later accomplished by the 21 cm Mörser 10.

These consisted of rectangular plates connected with elastic links and are visible in many photographs of World War I artillery from all of the combatants.