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The Japanese Type 96 150mm Howitzer, adopted in 1936, was a significant artillery piece based on French Schneider designs. It featured a rotating interrupted thread breech and could elevate up to 70 degrees, functioning as a large mortar. Despite limitations like wooden wheels hindering high-speed towing, it proved more tactically useful than 105mm guns for the Imperial Japanese Army, notably used for harassment fire on Guadalcanal.

The Japanese Type 92 105mm Field Gun, nicknamed 'Pistol Pete,' was a WWII artillery piece based on a French Schneider design. Adopted in 1932 and produced by Osaka Arsenal, only about 200 were made. It was used for harassment fire on Guadalcanal from Mt. Austen onto Henderson Field. The gun featured a rotating interrupted thread breech and semi-fixed ammunition for variable velocity and high-angle fire, though early models had structural weaknesses in their trails.