Spanish weaponry included broadswords, rapiers, lances, pikes, halberds, crossbows, matchlocks and light artillery. The 16th-century Spanish conquistadors were armed with broadswords, rapiers, crossbows, matchlocks and light artillery. The 16th-century Spanish "conquistadores" were armed with broadswords, rapiers, crossbows, matchlocks and light artillery. They numbered 300 bowmen, plus 900 men armed with guns, broadswords and targe shields. Starting in Issue 5, Autumn 2003 with Allan Armstrongs Broadswords and Bayonets. He fights well with "bang" (quarterstaff) or a pair of broadswords. The player has an arsenal of weaponry, ranging from katana to elemental-based broadswords. The weapons resembled broadswords with a serrated edge created with many shark teeth. Several sculptures from the Gupta era (AD 280-550) portray soldiers holding khanda-like broadswords. Sumatran broadswords are based on those of China. Their popularity and efficiency made the Polish nobles abandon the broadswords used in Western Europe.