41. In their own fashion they immediately loaded their rusty matchlocks and small guns with powder only! 42. Firearms, first introduced from Portuguese matchlocks and cannon, were formed in the 16th century. 43. The Janissary corps of the Ottoman army adopted matchlock arms from Hungary gradually from the 1440s onwards. 44. In 1543, the Portuguese brought matchlock firearms ( " tanegashima " ) to Japan. 45. With the annexation of Korea in 1910, all matchlocks were confiscated and destroyed by the Japanese. 46. The weather was important because the matchlock muskets of the day would not work in wet conditions. 47. They were armed with their own matchlocks , which in their ignorance they preferred to foreign rifles. 48. Still, the flintlock slowly began to replace the less efficient and less powerful matchlock in Burma. 49. However, the majority of French matchlock arquebuses retained the crossbow-style trigger throughout the 17th century. 50. The Satake won, due in part to the use of over 8600 matchlock rifles by their troops.
