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[[File:Indonesian matchlock firing mechanism.jpg|thumb|Detail of the firing mechanism.]]

This type of arquebus have similarity to the Vietnamese arquebus of the 17th century. The weapon is very long, may reach 2.2 m in length, and had its own folding bipod.<ref name=":0" /> Tome Pires' 1515 account tells the army of Gusti Pati, viceroy of Batara Brawijaya, numbered 200,000 men, 2,000 of which are horsemen and 4,000 musketeers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Pires|first=Tome|title=Suma Oriental|publisher=The Hakluyt Society|isbn=9784000085052}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> Duarte Barbosa ca. 1510 said that the inhabitants of Java are great masters in casting artillery and very good artillerymen. They make many one-pounder cannons (cetbang or [[Lantaka|rentaka]]), long muskets, long muskets, ''spingarde'' (arquebus), ''schioppi'' (hand cannon), [[Greek fire]], guns (cannons), and other fire-works. Every place are considered excellent in casting artillery, and in the knowledge of using it.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barosa|first=Duarte|title=A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century|publisher=The Hakluyt Society|year=1866}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Partington|first=J. R.|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=fNZBSqd2cToC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=muhammad,+the+king+of+java,+has+8000+cannon&source=bl&ots=VpOdV3xt0G&sig=ACfU3U2GIinrhq2PGIduAOkNmI2a8mOGeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxg-vphKzpAhWWf30KHR8EDa8Q6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=java&f=false|title=A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder|date=1999|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-5954-0|language=en}}</ref>

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