armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier. The term arquebus is derived from the Dutch word Haakbus ("hook gun"). The term arquebus was applied to...

Java arquebus (Indonesian and Malaysian: Bedil Jawa) refers to long-barreled early firearm from the Nusantara archipelago, dating back to the early 16th...

Jiaozhi arquebus (Giao Chỉ arquebus or Vietnamese arquebus) refers to several types of gunpowder firearms produced historically in Vietnam. This page also...

"arquebus musket." A Habsburg commander in the mid-1560s once referred to muskets as "double arquebuses." A shoulder stock was added to the arquebus around...

Empire by 1425. This early arquebus was a hand cannon with a serpentine lever to hold matches. However this early arquebus did not have the matchlock...

common enemy, Balam and Arquebus resume hostilities and the three-way war between them and the RLF continues, though Arquebus quickly gains the upper...

the arquebus into a handheld firearm, and also first firearm equipped with a trigger. Heavy arquebuses mounted on war wagons were called arquebus a croc...

flamethrower Gunpowder firearms Arquebuses Arquebus Istinggar arquebus Java arquebus Jiaozhi arquebus Tanegashima arquebus Torador arquebus Blunderbuss Hand cannons...

weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type...

gun barrels. In 1526, the Venetian Arsenal paid him 296 ducats for 185 arquebus barrels. The iron foundry and arms business was continued and developed...

In 15th century Europe, the hand cannon evolved to become the matchlock arquebus, which became the first firearm to have a trigger. The earliest artistic...

to as an "arquebus musket." A Habsburg commander in the mid-1560s once referred to muskets as "double arquebuses." The definition of arquebus and similar...

company were usually issued with ranged weapons, such as a crossbow or an arquebus, and arranged in the wings of a square, in front of the pikemen. Likewise...

A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but later was used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon. The term is derived...

calibrated to deliver the proper charge for the user's arquebus. With the advent of the heavy arquebus (later known as a musket) in the early 16th century...

500 light cavalry and 2,500 infantry, many of whom were equipped with arquebuses. Half of the infantry were also converts, while the other half were émigrés...

English hinawajū (火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. It was...

the Western Army numbered 120,000. Ieyasu had also brought a supply of arquebuses. Knowing that the Tokugawa forces were heading towards Osaka, Ishida decided...

Zhao Shizhen. In his book of 1598 AD, the Shen Qi Pu (神器譜), the Xuanyuan arquebus (軒轅銃) featured a firing mechanism using a rack-and-pinion system that was...

the name Empire Arquebus. She was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and operated by Donaldson Bros & Black Ltd. Empire Arquebus was a member of...

- c.1869) Arisaka Type 30 rifle (Empire of Japan - Rifle - 1897/1899) Arquebus (Dutch - 15th Century) Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842 (Austrian Empire...

active manufacturer in the world. Its inaugural product, in 1526, was the arquebus barrel; by all accounts Beretta-made barrels equipped the Venetian fleet...

harquebusiers, tried various shorter, lightened versions of the infantry arquebus weapons – the first carbines. But these weapons were still difficult to...

in the archipelago already existed early long gun called bedil, or Java arquebus as the Chinese call it. Most of the specimens in the Malay Peninsula are...

arquebus technology was the first to spark the interest of Ming officials for the Chinese to broaden their use of these weapons. Turkish arquebuses may...

the arquebus had become widely used in Japan. While both Korea and China had also been introduced to firearms similar to the Portuguese arquebus, most...

17th century – early 20th century Country Mughal Empire Afsharid Iran Durrani Empire Dzungar Khanate Branch Cavalry Equipment arquebus musket artillery...

combat weapons: javelins, slings, blowguns, bows, crossbows, hand cannons, arquebuses, muskets, grenades, flamethrowers. Melee combat weapons: bludgeoning weapons...

formation combined soldiers armed with pikes and soldiers armed with arquebuses and/or muskets. Other weapons such as swords, halberds, and crossbows...

000 men under Ishida Mitsunari. Ieyasu had also snuck in a supply of arquebuses. Knowing that the Tokugawa forces were heading towards Osaka, Mitsunari...