Ka cika wannan magana: An sauya sanduna da makamai masu guba a yaƙi. Gwanayen hannu na farko suna da jinkirin jinkirin wuta kuma sun fi muni da yawa fiye da crossbows na zamani, amma arquebus (wanda ya karu a tsakiyar zuwa ƙarshen karni na 15) ya dace da yawan wuta yayin da yake da iko sosai. Ƙungiyar
Yaƙin Cerignola a shekara ta 1503 ya sami nasara sosai daga Spain ta hanyar amfani da arquebuses, wanda ya nuna karo na farko da aka sami babban yaƙi ta hanyar amfani da bindigogi. Daga baya, irin wannan dabarar gasa za ta nuna harquebusiers ko masu bindigogi a cikin tsari tare da pikemen, waɗanda suka yi tsayayya da mahayan da ke harba bindigogi ko karabin. Yayin da aka maye gurbin sandar soja da bindigogi a fagen yaƙi a shekara ta 1525, sandar wasan motsa jiki a cikin nau'i daban-daban ta kasance sanannen makamin farauta a Turai har zuwa ƙarni na goma sha takwas. Crossbows sun ga amfani da ba daidai ba a cikin sauran karni na 16; alal misali, an kashe mijin Maria Pita ta hanyar crossbowman na Armada na Turanci a 1589.