[2] It was a slightly lightened version of the Type 38 75 mm field gun that was based on a 1905 Krupp design.

Although effectively obsolete by the start of World War II, it was used in limited numbers despite nominally being replaced by the Type 95 75 mm field gun.

This Schneider type gun was especially constructed to give artillery support to cavalry regiments.

It is somewhat lighter than the Model 38 improved 75 mm gun, the corresponding direct-support artillery in the infantry division.

In 1944, Japanese cavalry brigades had not yet been in combat against U. S. forces, it was not certain whether this old-fashioned gun with unmodified box trails and hydrospring recoil remained in general use or if it had been superseded by a more modern weapon.