Ka cika wannan magana: Tsakanin karuwar shaharar makamai masu linzami, musamman Arquebus mai sauƙi da Musket mai nauyi, da kuma nasarar da Swiss Pikemen da Landsknechte suka samu, waɗannan makamai biyu sun mamaye yaƙin Renaissance, aƙalla a yamma da tsakiyar Turai. A lokacin Burgundian Wars, kuma daga baya Wars Italiyanci, Swiss pikemen ya yi babban nasara, a kan tsaro a kan doki mai nauyi da kuma a kan mummunan rauni a kan gargajiya na Medieval Infantry. Amma a
Yaƙin Cerignola, rundunar Mutanen Espanya da aka kafa ta 8,000, gami da 1,000 Arquebusiers, sun sami damar kayar da sojojin Faransa 32,000, galibi Pike na Switzerland da Gendarmes, amma tare da fifikon 2: 1 a cikin Artillery kuma. Wannan yaƙin ya tabbatar da yadda makaman bindiga masu amfani da bindiga za su iya zama masu tasiri, kuma shahararsu ta ƙaru sosai har sai sun maye gurbin makamai masu guba gaba ɗaya.