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	The Arquebus & Matchlock Musket Page
		The arquebus was medium weight gun that evolved from the heavy and awkward hackbut.
		The arquebus was also the first gun to resemble a modern gun with lock, stock and barrel.
		The sear lock matchlock operated by squeezing a trigger lever attached to a sprung sear inside the lock allowing the serpentine to be lowered into the priming pan as the hand squeezed, and then retracted when pressure was released.
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	Arquebus - LoveToKnow 1911
		ARQUEBUS (also called harquebus, hackbut, andc.), a firearm of the 16th century, the immediate predecessor of the musket.
		The French form arquebuse and Italian arcobugio, archibugio, often and wrongly supposed to indicate the hackbut's affinity with the crossbow ("hollow bow" or "mouthed bow"), are popular corruptions, the Italian being apparently the earlier of the two and supplanting the first and purest French form haquebut.
		1570) the arquebus began to be displaced by the musket.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Arquebus (250 words)

	The Age of the Samurai - Arquebus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The arquebus became the most important missile weapon in the latter half of the 16th century and the great daimyo could field thousands of ashigaru armed with these firearms thus changing the way warfare was conducted in Japan forever.
		Although the technology and effect of the arquebus was realised the same could not be said for their use in battle.
		The arquebus could be fired from the shoulder and did not need to be mounted on a rest like the heavier musket.
	www.taots.co.uk /content/view/17/28 (991 words)

	Arquebus in Use
		Champlain's arquebus was a gun which he supported on a tripod.
		The arquebus was fired by lowering an S-shaped piece of metal, which held a slow-burning match (hemp or cotton rope soaked in saltpetre), into a pan containing a charge of powder to fire the gun.
		The arquebus could be dangerous to the one who fired it.
	www.histori.ca /champlain/page.do?subclassName=Artifact&pageID=121 (173 words)

	The Arquebus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The origins of the Arquebus lay in a hooked handgonne that was a simple barrel on a wooden stock with a metal hook near the end of the barrel.
		This is the Arquebus of the early Renaissance.
		The gauge, or inner diameter of an Arquebus barrel was determined by the shot it used.
	www3.telus.net /Quattrocento_Florence/republic/arquebus.html (1694 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The arquebus was fired by a matchlock mechanism and had a larger bore than its predecessors.
		By 1550, copies of the Portuguese arquebus were being produced in large quanties, and they were often seen on the battlefields all over Japan (although the first battle known involving the use of firearms was in the siege of Xiangyang(è¥é½), China, from 1268 - 1273).
		However, the arquebus had a faster rate of fire than the most powerful of crossbows, had a shorter learning curve than a longbow, and was more powerful than either.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Arquebus (629 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders
		There was the arquebus, a relatively light firearm manageable by one man, as well as the very common crossbow, and the longbow, which was mostly limited to use by the English.
		Technically the arquebus was inferior to both the other two weapons in range, accuracy, and rate of fire, while the longbow was generally superior to the crossbow.
		Relatively speaking the arquebus was cheaper than either the longbow, which had to be meticulously handcrafted from yew, and the crossbow, which required equally meticulous workmanship and rather expensive steel as well.
	www.strategypage.com /cic/reader.asp?target=CIC02 (807 words)

	Guns & Gunleather - Explorers
		The arquebus or harquebus, as it was also called, and the musket were both loaded from the muzzle.
		Both arquebus and musket were fired from the shoulder, usually with the help of a forked rest in the case of the musket.
		The Arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus or hackbut) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries.
	www.jcs-group.com /oldwest/guns/explorers.html (1850 words)

	Smoothbore Musketry - ScotWars
		The smoothbore musket was a long-ranged firearm derived from the earlier arquebus (or hackbutt) during the 16th century.
		The musket was initially heavier than the arquebus, requiring a wooden rest to aim, and had a length of 6 ft compared to the arquebus's 4 ft. Calibers of the weapons varied from 0.50 inch to 0.75 inch.
		The arquebus was preferred by some, because of its easier handling (skirmishers preferred the arquebus) and faster rate of reload (2 or more minutes for the musket versus 1 to 2 minutes for the arquebus).
	www.scotwars.com /html/equip_smoothbore_musketry.htm (3829 words)

	Arquebus - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus or hackbut) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries.
		It was a common practice to "proof" armour by firing a pistol or arquebus at a new breastplate.
		By 1550, copies of the Portuguese arquebus were being produced in large quanties, and they were often seen on the battlefields all over Japan.
	www.recipeland.com /facts/Arquebus (620 words)

	Appendix 1
		We said little, however, about the process by which the musket developed from the arquebus, mainly because the tactical factors which influenced the growth of the arquebus into the musket were those of land warfare.
		At first the musket was simply a ‘large arquebus’ to observers and it was not identified as a clearly differentiated weapon until much later.
		That the Spanish musket of the sixteenth century was equally well suited for Mediterranean warfare at sea should not obscure the fact that it originated as a specialized infantry weapon, awesome in its power, designed to penetrate armor and stop a charging Swiss pikeman or French gendarme in his tracks at the longest possible range.
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	Musketry
		The smoothbore musket was a long-ranged firearm derived from the earlier arquebus (or hackbutt) during the 16
		The musket was initially heavier than the arquebus, requiring a wooden rest to aim, and had a length of 6 ft compared to the arquebus's 4 ft. Calibers of the weapons varied from 0.50 inch to 0.75 inch.
		The arquebus was preferred by some, because of its easier handling (skirmishers preferred the arquebus) and faster rate of reload (2 or more minutes for the musket versus 1 to 2 minutes for the arquebus).
	www.irons-assoc.com /larry/musketry.htm (3745 words)

	2005 Offshore Acreage Release - Barcoo Sub-basin
		Arquebus 1 (1991) and Sheherazade 1 (1993) were subsequently drilled on the same structure.
		Arquebus 1 (1991) was drilled as a further test of Middle-Lower Jurassic sandstones within the greater Lombardina structure, approximately 10 kilometres to the southwest of Lombardina 1.
		Arquebus 1 was terminated at 1770 mKB due to mechanical drilling problems, and Arquebus 1 ST1 was sidetracked at 1492 mRT and terminated at 3256 mKB.
	www.industry.gov.au /acreagereleases/2005/html/barcoo_expHis.htm (3625 words)

	SAMURAI
		The introduction of the arquebus changed the face of war for the samurai and brought about a change to the tactical arts.
		The greatest triumph for the arquebus was at Nagashino in 1575.
		Archers began to decline with the arrival of the arquebus.
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	Eric Thake, Arquebus cover design
		Melbourne-based painter, novelist and critic, he was probably best known in his own lifetime as an enthusiastic and pugnacious defender of modern art.
		Arquebus (1937) is a collection of his published and broadcast critical pieces.
		An arquebus is a primitive firearm, powerful but imprecise.
	victoria.slv.vic.gov.au /ericthake/artofbook/aq.html (114 words)

	Investors donate Atocha Arquebus Barrel! - Mel Fisher's Treasures
		The arquebus is a smooth bore, match lit firearm consisting of a metal barrel resting on a wooden stock with a brass serpentine to the right.
		Glenna and Gene inspecting the Iron Arquebus Barrel.
		The Mareks donating their Arquebus to Madeline Burnside and the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society.
	www.melfisher.com /Library/InTheNewsFullPages/donation_0906.asp (241 words)

	Battlestorm Contact Page
		Arquebus may declare a range up to 24".
		The arquebus bangpowder blast has a 2" diameter and a 1" radius.
		Black Dragon clarification Anyone caught in the darkness of a Black Dragon must roll d30 vs. ESP to leave the area of effect.
	www.ralgames.com /rules/errata.htm (969 words)

	arquebus - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Arquebus : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		ARQUEBUS : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Words similar to arquebus: hackbut, hagbut, harquebus, more...
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	Arquebus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Words within arquebus not shown as it has more than seven letters.
		List all words starting with arquebus, words containing arquebus or words ending with arquebus
		All words formed from arquebus by changing one letter
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	Equipment
		Arquebus: While it eventually came to mean a gun of fine workmanship, originally the arquebus was simply a heavy matchlock.
		The Arquebus was first heard of in the late fourteenth century, though were much more common in the seventeenth century.
		The Arquebus tends to be about the size of what is today a rifle, although the barrels were not rifled and were thus not nearly as accurate.
	www.godsmonsters.com /Lore/Equipment.html (2169 words)

	Arquebus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Arquebus" is a common misspelling or typo for: harquebus.
		The Arquebus was a primitive type of firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries.
		"Arquebus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /ar/arquebus.html (448 words)

	The angel with the arquebus - Baroque art in Latin America UNESCO Courier - Find Articles
		ONE of the most typical figures of Latin American baroque art is that of a dandified angel with swan's wings and a broad-brimmed hat with a feather in it.
		He is richly clad in a garment with lace ruffles and a greatcoat with a gold and silver lining, and he holds a heavy arquebus.
		One of its most common themes was the system of mestizaje, or ethnic intermixture, in which people were placed in castes according to their origin and the colour of their skin.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_n1_v21/ai_6134023 (827 words)

	The Discoveries
		He is equipped with Matchlock Arquebus (name derived from the Dutch word Haak-Bus) and a powder flask.
		The arquebus was the main weapon of the Portuguese in the XVI century.
		He is equipped with a Matchlock Arquebus and a powder flask.
	www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk /contents/en-uk/d29.html (916 words)

	New Weapons Redefine Warfare
		The arquebus, one of the original firearms, replaced the crossbow (Arquebus).
		Despite this fact, Lac claims, "The harquebus or arquebus was the most used firearm in the mid-16th century." However, by the end of the 16th century, the musket, which was heavier, and fired with more range, replaced the arquebus (Musket).
		According to Mondadori, the invention of the pistol was especially popular among cavalry because it "gave [cavalry] an adequate means of response to the long pike and to the murderous fire of the arquebus" (369).
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	Equipment
		Arquebus: While it eventually came to mean a gun of fine workmanship, originally the arquebus was simply a heavy matchlock.
		The Arquebus was first heard of in the late fourteenth century, though were much more common in the seventeenth century.
		The Arquebus tends to be about the size of what is today a rifle, although the barrels were not rifled and were thus not nearly as accurate.
	www.hoboes.com /html/RPG/Gods/Lore/Equipment.html (2169 words)

	Arms & Equipment Guide
		Years after its development, the term "arquebus" expanded to include handguns of the same era, and eventually the word lost its original meaning and was used instead to describe small handguns used by cavalry.
		The arquebus was developed in order to give the average infantry the use of smoke powder, whose destructive potential is only newly recognized in many areas.
		The musket arquebus is loaded by pouring smoke powder from a flask or horn into the muzzle and firmly packing it with a piece of paper.
	www.deterioatta.com /arms.htm (13302 words)

	Firearms Notes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An armlike device on the side of the arquebus held a slow match and pressed it against the vent-hole when the trigger was pulled.
		It was a major improvement, firing larger shot (almost 2.5 oz vs. 1 oz for the arquebus) with greater hitting power.
		It was much heavier than the arquebus and so the musketeer carried a metal forked pole in which to rest the matchlock musket while aiming.
	www.throneworld.com /lords/lote04/firearms.htm (1356 words)

	Greatest Ever Machines - Weapons
		Blasting it's way to prominence in the Battle of Pavia in 1525 the Arquebus became the bench-mark for an entire species of guns whose basic design persisted until the 19th century.
		Gary Bate, a medieval gunsmith describes the arquebus "It fires round soft lead balls at a muzzle velocity of about 1,000 feet per second which will, at 50 yards, penetrate about 3mm of steel plate.
		By comparison, the arquebus was a revolution, it provided wooden stock, shaped to allow it to nestle into the shoulder which now meant that you could aim the gun.
	www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk /greatest-ever/weapons.html (1087 words)

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