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Yes but the firearms were extremely poor against the very modern guns and ammo,
they were using old tech not even new during our civil war,,smooth bore
long arms didn't even have a shoulder stock on them..they also did not engage
well against the new tactics..untill it turned into close combat hand fighting they were just target practice...
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey did, introduced in 1540's by the Portuguese. Some say they were looked down upon as cowardly by the samurai due to their ease of use, and in turn use by commoners for quickly building armies, others say they were used but not very detailed on how widespread they were.
One of the links below states that samurai didn't use guns because they were cowardly is a misconception. However, it goes into detail how armies used them, and not necessarily samurai besides mentioning that samurai were trained in guns more extensively than the foot soldiers, but that should be a given anyways.
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all the time, they also used guns bows and swords
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{| |- | The emperor was not a Samurai. But he was a swordsman. Many of the best samurai trained the emperor in the use of the sword. |}
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The samurai took his sharp samurai sword and cut the watermelon in half.
One interesting detail about a samurai training about a samurai?
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What kind of weaponry does the samurai use?
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Samurai needed to use armour and weapons in order to complete their comquests
Who would use a samurai sword?
samurai Jack. to fight with Micheal jack son
How do you use samurai in a sentence?
The bold samurai soldiers fought a surly battle to the end.
What can you use as a substitute for lime?
Lemon, orange, grapefruit, satsuma or any other citrus fruit
Do ninjas use samurais?
If you mean samurai swords, then yes. If you mean actually hiring samurai, then no. Some ninja were former samurai however.
