 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Type 96 yakatanga kuona chiito panguva yePhilippine Campaignmuna 1942, apo mauto eU.S.-Philippine akadzokera kuBataan Peninsula. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwechiJapan kwakakundikana nemhaka yokuramba kwakasimba kweAllied saka Mutungamiriri Mukuru we14th Army, Lieutenant-General Masaharu Homma akaunza mauto makuru epfuti kuti agadzirire kurwisa kutsva. Pakati pezvombo mazana matatu zvakaiswa paive neaviri Type 96 howitzers ye2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Company. Musi waApril 3, 1942, pfuti dzeJapan dzakavhura moto na9 mangwanani ndokupfuurira kutozosvikira na2 masikati. Mukupfura kwemaawa matanhatu, pfuti 80 dzakapfurwa ne2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Company. Musi waMay 4, 1942, vaJapan vakatanga kurwisa nhare yechitsuwa cheCorregidor. Mukati mekurwisa kwebhomba Type 96 uye Type 45 24 cm howitzers yakapfura huwandu hwe2,915 maronda. Corregidor pakupedzisira yakawa pana May 6, 1942. 