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== History ==
The knowledge of making gunpowder-based weapon in Nusantara archipelago has been known after the failed [[Mongol invasion of Java]] (1293 A.D.).<ref>Song Lian. [[History of Yuan]].</ref> This resulted in the development of small swivel guns such as [[cetbang]] and [[lantaka]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Ooi|first=Keat Gin|title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2004|isbn=9781576077702|___location=|pages=}}</ref> [[Hand cannon|Pole gun]] ([[bedil tombak]]) was recorded as being used by Java in 1413.<ref>Mayers (1876). "Chinese explorations of the Indian Ocean during the fifteenth century". ''The China Review''. '''IV''': p. 178.</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Manguin|first=Pierre-Yves|date=1976|title=L'Artillerie legere nousantarienne: A propos de six canons conserves dans des collections portugaises|url=|journal=Arts Asiatiques|volume=32|pages=233-268|via=}}</ref>{{Rp|245}} However the knowledge of making firearms came much later, after the middle of 15th century. It was brought by the [[Islam]]ic nations of West Asia, most probably the [[Arabs]]. The precise year of introduction is unknown, but it may be safely concluded to be no earlier than 1460.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|23}}
=== Java ===
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