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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=Barbosa|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|isbn=|___location=|pages=}}</ref>{{Rp|198}}<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>{{Rp|224}}
Chinese people praised Southern country gun :<blockquote>Liuxianting (劉獻廷 - early [[Qing dynasty|Qing era]] geographer) from the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] and Qing dynasty says: "Southern people is good at gun warfare, and Southern gun is the best under the heavens". Qu Dajun (屈大均) said: "Southern gun, especially the Javanese gun (爪哇銃) is likened to a strong [[crossbow]]. They are suspended from their shoulders with ropes, and they will be sent together when they meet the enemy. They can penetrate several heavy armors".<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Lý Bá Trọng|first=|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=zEe5DwAAQBAJ&hl=vi&source=gbs_navlinks_s|title=火槍與帳簿：早期經濟全球化時代的中國與東亞世界 (Guns and Account Books: China and the East Asian World in the Era of Early Economic Globalization)|date=2019|publisher=聯經出版事業公司 (Lianjing Publishing Company)|year=|isbn=978-957-08-5393-3|___location=|page=142|pages=|language=zh-TW|quote=明清之際人劉獻廷說：「交善火攻，交槍為天下最。」屈大均則說：「有交槍者，其日爪哇銃者，形如強弩，以繩懸絡肩上，遇敵萬統齊發，貫甲數重。」|accessdate=2020-07-12}}</ref></blockquote>
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