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16th century, Native Americans would not have had their own manufactured guns, but if they did acquire firearms, they would most likely have been a type of "arquebus," a early matchlock #musket that was the prevalent firearm of the time, usually obtained through trade or conflict with European colonizers.
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Primarily an arquebus, which was a heavy, smoothbore, muzzle-loaded gun that required a match to ignite

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Napoleonic tactics are characterized by intense drilling of the ; speedy movement; combined arms assaults; and a relatively small numbers of cannon, short-range fire and charges.
TREATY OF EXERCISE AND MANEUVERS OF THE INFANTRY. MADRID, 1808

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