Although crude Chinese handguns reached Japan by the early 16th century, the later introduction of the European arquebus and its armor-piercing bullets caused a revolution in warfare. The Japanese ...

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These more than 2000 m² will cast light and shadow on the dramatic years when Norway was occupied by Germany – a time full of fear for the future, resistance and creative solutions to every day ...

The longbow began to fall out of fashion when cannons came into use. The arquebus was a ranged weapon that is recognised as one of the first long guns. They were first used in Europe and the Ottoman ...

Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. 1364 - First ...

Andrade, Tonio 2015. The Arquebus Volley Technique in China, c. 1560: Evidence from the Writings of Qi Jiguang. Journal of Chinese Military History, Vol. 4, Issue. 2 ...

A few parts seem to be bones-only, with no mesh assigned to them (?) A few parts seem to be variants of others, with slightly different detailing ...

Swords ruled the battlefields of medieval Japan until matchlock guns, or arquebus, were introduced in 1543 by Portuguese traders who made unexpected landfall on the small southern island of ...

The high town walls, pierced by archibugiere (slits for taking pot-shots with an arquebus) and cadenced by impressive towers, ...