The Lahitolle 90 mm was the first French field cannon made of steel, and one of the first to be equipped with a screw breech (issued 16 years after the British and Prussians adopted a similar system).

It was adopted by the French Army in 1875 and later superseded the Reffye and de Bange 90 mm cannons.

[2] In addition to its coastal defense role, Lahitolle 95 mm cannons were employed on pedestal mounts in France's Séré de Rivières system of fortifications.

[4] The Lahitolle 95 mm was still in use in the fortifications of the Maginot line during World War II.

[5] Mle 1904 guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 9.5cm Küstenkanone (f) and used in Germany's Atlantic Wall fortifications.