The Imperial Japanese Army requested specific changes from the basic Krupp model before entering production, to include changing the breech from a Krupp style sliding-breach to an interrupted screw and modifying the trail which allowed for increased elevation over the base M1908 model.

In service, the gun was operated by a thirteen-man crew consisting of twelve gunners and a squad leader.

When the weapon was in service there would be an aimer, a loader, a firer, a person to swing the guns aim left or right, a person inserting the fuses into rounds and handing them to the loader, two gunners lying in reserve to the left and right of the gun, and the squad leader sitting a slight distance to the rear of the weapon.

The AP-HE round for the Type 41 mountain gun was largely ineffective against armor due to low muzzle velocity, thus the Type 41 mountain gun received priority development for a 75mm hollow-charge anti-tank round.

The Type 2 HEAT round entered service in 1943 and was deployed to both China and the Pacific.