Arquebus - Revision history

Darman36: /* Gallery */

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	ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus		ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''teppō''		ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''teppō''
			ACSH Bullet.png\|A regular ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Steel Bullet.png\|A [[steel]] ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Concussion Bullet.png\|A concussion ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Shrapnel Bullet.png\|A shrapnel ''teppō'' bullet
	</gallery>		</gallery>

imported>Darman36: /* Appearances */

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Appearances

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
			**''[[Story Drops]]''
			**''[[Claws of Awaji]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Gener4l Cl4ank4 at 19:51, 28 June 2025

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	{{Era\|Weapons}}{{WP-REAL}}		{{Era\|Weapons}}{{WP-REAL}}
	[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]		[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|250px\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]
	An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]] where they were known as '''''teppō''''' (鉄砲).<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]] where they were known as '''''teppō''''' (鉄砲).<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">		<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
			Arquebusiers development concept.jpg\|Concept art of a Borgia arquebusier
	Guard-arquebusier-ACB.png\|An arquebusier		Guard-arquebusier-ACB.png\|An arquebusier
	~~Arquebusiers development concept.jpg\|Concept art of a Borgia arquebusier~~
	Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni		Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni
	ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman		ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman
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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It did not become a usable weapon until the introduction of Yasuke as a protagonist in the 2025 ~~video~~ game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'',<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/> though it is referred to by the Chinese loanword ''teppō'' (鉄砲 lit. "iron cannon"),<ref>{{WP\|Firearms of Japan}}</ref> rather than the more accurate ''tanegashima'' (種子島).<ref>{{WP\|Tanegashima (gun)}}</ref>		The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It did not become a usable weapon until the introduction of Yasuke as a protagonist in the 2025 game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'',<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/> though it is referred to by the Chinese loanword ''teppō'' (鉄砲 lit. "iron cannon"),<ref>{{WP\|Firearms of Japan}}</ref> rather than the more accurate ''tanegashima'' (種子島).<ref>{{WP\|Tanegashima (gun)}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: ~~Brotherhood~~]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

imported>Soranin at 20:44, 21 June 2025

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	~~{{Spoilerhd\|20 June 2025\|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]}}~~
	[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|300px\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]		[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|300px\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]
	An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]] where they were known as '''''teppō''''' (鉄砲).<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]] where they were known as '''''teppō''''' (鉄砲).<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

imported>VilkaIsBack at 13:47, 27 April 2025

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	{{Spoilerhd\|20 June 2025\|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]}}		{{Spoilerhd\|20 June 2025\|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]}}
	[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|300px\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]		[[File:ACSh Oda clan firing squad.png\|thumb\|300px\|Oda clan warriors armed with arquebuses]]
	An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]].<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]] where they were known as '''''teppō''''' (鉄砲).<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

	From the mid-16th century onward, the [[musket]], which had been invented in the early 1500s and was a heavier weapon, became more common for infantries.<ref name="Renaissance"/> Though originally distinct, later modifications made to the muskets turned the two weapons indistinguishable from each other, and they became known indiscriminately as muskets.<ref name="Firearms">Chase, K. W. (2003). Firearms: A global history to 1700. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82274-9.</ref>		From the mid-16th century onward, the [[musket]], which had been invented in the early 1500s and was a heavier weapon, became more common for infantries.<ref name="Renaissance"/> Though originally distinct, later modifications made to the muskets turned the two weapons indistinguishable from each other, and they became known indiscriminately as muskets.<ref name="Firearms">Chase, K. W. (2003). Firearms: A global history to 1700. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82274-9.</ref>

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	ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman		ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman
	ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus		ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''~~Teppō~~''		ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''teppō''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

imported>Gener4l Cl4ank4 at 14:24, 24 March 2025

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	An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]].<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		An '''arquebus''' is a long-barreled [[firearm]] that was developed in the late 15th century and which saw early use in battles in [[Europe]]<ref name="Renaissance">Arnold, Thomas (2001), The Renaissance at War, Cassell & Co, ISBN 978-0-304-35270-8</ref> and the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="Sultan">Ágoston, Gábor (2008), Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-60391-1</ref> but also managed to reach places as far as [[Japan]].<ref name="EoH Ep 1">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

	From the mid 16th century onward, the [[musket]], which had been invented in the early 1500s and was a heavier weapon, became more common for infantries.<ref name="Renaissance"/> Though originally distinct, later modifications made to the muskets turned the two weapons indistinguishable from each other, and they became known indiscriminately as muskets.<ref name="Firearms">Chase, K. W. (2003). Firearms: A global history to 1700. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82274-9.</ref>		From the mid-16th century onward, the [[musket]], which had been invented in the early 1500s and was a heavier weapon, became more common for infantries.<ref name="Renaissance"/> Though originally distinct, later modifications made to the muskets turned the two weapons indistinguishable from each other, and they became known indiscriminately as muskets.<ref name="Firearms">Chase, K. W. (2003). Firearms: A global history to 1700. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82274-9.</ref>

	An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an [[arquebusier]].		An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an [[arquebusier]].
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	By 1500, many standing armies in Europe had already created units of arquebusiers, including the [[Papal States]] under the control of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. A great number of arquebusiers provided security throughout [[Rome]].<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> A contingent of them was mobilized to aid [[Cesare Borgia]]'s forces during the [[siege of Monteriggioni]], where they were able to seriously wound [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in the shoulder and abdomen, tipping the attack in their favor.<ref name="Vilified">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref>		By 1500, many standing armies in Europe had already created units of arquebusiers, including the [[Papal States]] under the control of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. A great number of arquebusiers provided security throughout [[Rome]].<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> A contingent of them was mobilized to aid [[Cesare Borgia]]'s forces during the [[siege of Monteriggioni]], where they were able to seriously wound [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in the shoulder and abdomen, tipping the attack in their favor.<ref name="Vilified">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref>

			[[File:Spare Parts.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus]]
	In 1502, during a visit by his fellow Templar [[Fiora Cavazza]], the engineer [[Gaspar de la Croix]] tinkered with an arquebus, pausing at times to aim it out of his front window at the passing crowd, before making more adjustments.<ref name="PL Gaspar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza]]: Spare Parts</ref> Around 1503, [[Baltasar de Silva]] organized a division of arquebusiers as an ambush for now Templar-turncoat Fiora Cavazza, luring her into warehouse where the arquebusiers were hidden, though a team of [[Assassins]] was able to shoot down the enemies and rescue her.<ref name="PL Baltasar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza]]: Moving Target</ref>		In 1502, during a visit by his fellow Templar [[Fiora Cavazza]], the engineer [[Gaspar de la Croix]] tinkered with an arquebus, pausing at times to aim it out of his front window at the passing crowd, before making more adjustments.<ref name="PL Gaspar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza]]: Spare Parts</ref> Around 1503, [[Baltasar de Silva]] organized a division of arquebusiers as an ambush for now Templar-turncoat Fiora Cavazza, luring her into warehouse where the arquebusiers were hidden, though a team of [[Assassins]] was able to shoot down the enemies and rescue her.<ref name="PL Baltasar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza]]: Moving Target</ref>

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	Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni		Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni
	ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman		ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman
			ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman
	ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus		ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	~~ACR Byzantine Rifleman~~.png\|~~Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman~~		ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''Teppō''
	~~Spare Parts.jpg \|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
			{{ACB}}
			{{ACR}}
			{{ACSH}}
	[[Category:Firearms]]		[[Category:Firearms]]
	[[Category:Types of firearms]]		[[Category:Types of firearms]]
			[[Category:16th century weapons]]

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Gallery

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	Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni		Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni
	ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman		ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman
			ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman		ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman
	Spare Parts.jpg \|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus		Spare Parts.jpg \|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus

imported>Darman36: /* Behind the scenes */

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Behind the scenes

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It ~~didn't~~ become a usable weapon until the introduction of Yasuke as a protagonist in the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/> ~~However in-game~~ it is referred to as ''teppō'' rather than the more accurate ''tanegashima''.		The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It did not become a usable weapon until the introduction of Yasuke as a protagonist in the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'',<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/> though it is referred to by the Chinese loanword ''teppō'' (鉄砲 lit. "iron cannon"),<ref>{{WP\|Firearms of Japan}}</ref> rather than the more accurate ''tanegashima'' (種子島).<ref>{{WP\|Tanegashima (gun)}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Lacrossedeamon: BTS on calling it teppo in shadows rather than tanegashima

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BTS on calling it teppo in shadows rather than tanegashima

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It ~~will be~~ a usable weapon ~~for~~ protagonist ~~Yasuke~~ in the ~~2024~~ video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/>		The arquebus is a weapon that first appeared in the 2010 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', where it was only used by enemy soldiers. It didn't become a usable weapon until the introduction of Yasuke as a protagonist in the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="IGN 40 Details"/> However in-game it is referred to as ''teppō'' rather than the more accurate ''tanegashima''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus		ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''teppō''		ACSH DB Teppo.png\|A ''teppō''
			ACSH Bullet.png\|A regular ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Steel Bullet.png\|A [[steel]] ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Concussion Bullet.png\|A concussion ''teppō'' bullet
			ACSH Shrapnel Bullet.png\|A shrapnel ''teppō'' bullet
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni		Vilified 11 v.png\|Arquebusiers during the Siege of Monteriggioni
	ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman		ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman
			ACSH DB Commerce and Craft at Sakai.png\|A Sengoku-era arquebus
	ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman		ACR Byzantine Rifleman.png\|Ezio facing a Byzantine rifleman
	Spare Parts.jpg \|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus		Spare Parts.jpg \|Gaspar de la Croix aiming an arquebus