| The noise of arquebuses and the ringing in the ears that it caused could also make it hard to hear shouted commands. |
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| Alvarado ordered his men to shoot their cannons, crossbows and arquebuses into the gathering crowd. |
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| When traders from Portugal introduced arquebuses and muskets, Iberian warlords were quick to adapt them, giving them a large advantage. |
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| The Spanish fired their crossbows and arquebuses, but were unable to see their attackers or get into formation. |
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| Arriving at Cajamarca on 15 November 1532, Pizarro had a force of just 110 foot soldiers, 67 cavalry, three arquebuses and two falconets. |
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| In their first contacts with native peoples, the firearms, including arquebuses, used by the conquistadors were formidable weapons. |
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| However, in 1514 an Ottoman army of 12,000 soldiers wielding arquebuses devastated a much larger Mamluk army. |
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| Another advantage of arquebuses over other equipment and weapons was its short training period. |
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| Arquebuses were used in the Italian Wars in the first half of the 16th century. |
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| Continental European powers such as the Iberians, Germans, and French differentiated muskets from arquebuses by size and if they required a fork rest or not. |
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| Arquebuses were used as early as 1472 by the Spanish and Portuguese at Zamora. |
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