The Type 38 75 mm field gun (三八式野砲, Sanhachi-shiki yahō) was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

The Type 38 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the 38th year of Emperor Meiji's reign (1905).

[2] Although Japan had extensive experience with artillery, as the result of its war with Russia in 1904-05,[3][4] and had the technology and industrial infrastructure to construct medium or large caliber naval weapons prior to World War I, planners at the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff turned to Krupp in Germany, for the latest trend in artillery design.

It had a hydrospring recoil system, interrupted screw type breechblock, and a 1/16-inch gun shield.

[1] The Type 38 75 mm field gun (improved) was capable of firing high-explosive, armor-piercing warhead, shrapnel, incendiary, smoke and illumination and gas shells.