SW013 Ashigaru Arquebusier Preparing To Fire | King & Country

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SW013 These conscripted peasant infantry utilized the ‘Tanegashimu’ Japanese-style matchlock weapons to revolutionize warfare in Feudal Japan allowing lower-class levies to be form ed into devastating volley-fire formations that could destroy and decimate even the bravest Samurai warriors. Historically, ashigaru were common infantry recruited from the peasantry. After Portuguese traders introduced the arquebus to Japan in 1543, the weapon rapidly transformed Japanese warfare. By the time of the Battle of Sekigahara, large formations of ashigaru armed with matchlocks were capable of delivering disciplined volley fire that could overwhelm even heavily armored samurai. Show more