Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An maye gurbin crossbows a ƙarshe a cikin yaƙi da bindigogin bindiga. 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. Yaƙin Cerignola
A 1503 an ci nasara da Spain ta hanyar amfani da arquebuses, wanda ya nuna a karo na farko da aka ci nasara da 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.