| The booklet directs the attention of the young traveler to the superb decoration which masters applied to swords, arbalests, and arquebus. |
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| For example, bowstrings were easily split, spear shafts easily broken and use of the arquebus often dictated by the weather. |
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| The arquebus was fairly common throughout the length of Japan by 1580, but often in short supply in the more remote regions. |
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| The arquebus was a matchlock weapon that used a trigger for the first and was found to be effective. |
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| The Japanese use of the arquebus was a considerable element in their success. |
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| By 1570, the arquebus was starting to take over the place in battle once held by yumi. |
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| The arquebus did not rely on the physical strength of the user for propulsion of the projectile, making it easier to find a suitable recruit. |
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| The three main size categories generally corresponded with the arquebus, caliver, and musket. |
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| An arquebus angled at 35 degrees could throw a bullet up to 1000 m or more, much farther than any archers could shoot. |
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| An arquebus shot was considered deadly at up to 400 yards while the heavier Spanish musket was considered deadly at up to 600 yards. |
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| The smoothbore matchlock arquebus is considered the forerunner to the rifle and other long gun firearms. |
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| Wind could reduce the accuracy of archery, but had much less of an effect on an arquebus. |
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| During a siege it was also easier to fire an arquebus out of loopholes than it was a bow and arrow. |
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| Finding and reusing arrows or bolts was a lot easier than doing the same with arquebus bullets. |
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| The procedure to reload an arquebus was lengthy, rarely allowing more than ten shots per battle. |
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| A standardized arquebus, the caliver, was introduced in the latter half of the 16th century. |
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| An arquebus was also significantly more dangerous to its user. |
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| A infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier. |
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| Around 1470 a shoulder stock was added to the arquebus and in 1475 the matchlock mechanism was added, making the arquebus the first firearm to use a trigger. |
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| One in four soldiers in the Black Army of Hungary wielded an arquebus, and one in five when accounting for the whole army, which was a relatively high proportion at the time. |
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| The arquebus did, however, have a faster rate of fire than the most powerful crossbow, a shorter learning curve than a longbow, and was more powerful than either. |
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| The arquebus required a much lower level of skill than the typical archer. |
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