<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-February 1940, ama-howitzers amabili ohlobo lwe-Type 7 ayethuthelwa enqabeni yaseKoto eManchuria ukuze aqinise izivikelo zaseJapane uma kwenzeka kuhlaselwa iSoviet. Ibutho laseJapane lalinezinqaba eziyisishiyagalombili ezakhiwe ngasemngceleni weSoviet Union, lapho inqaba yaseKoto eMfuleni i-Ussuri yayiyiyona enamandla kakhulu. Izinqaba ezinkulu, ezifana neMaginot Line, zazigadwe yi-4th Border Guard Unit. Abasebenzi abangu-1,400 babenamabhethri amabili ezibhamu zasendle nama-howitzers, izibhamu ezimbili zohlobo lwe-90 240 mm, kanye ne-howitzer eyodwa yokuhlola engu-41 cm. Lapho amaSoviet ehlasela izikhundla zaseJapane ezizungeze inqaba yaseKoto ku-Operation August Storm  <response>: ngo-1945, lonke iqembu lenqaba nazo zonke izibhamu zalahleka. 