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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 [[Musketeer|musketeers]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite book|last=Pires|first=Tome|title=The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, the book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515|publisher=The Hakluyt Society|year=1944|isbn=9784000085052|___location=|pages=}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>{{Rp|176}} 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, ''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=
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