This practice was especially prevalent with some of the older smoothbore muskets and converted flintlocks. Gunpowder weapons like muskets and artillery were wielded by the Chinese Banners. The only weapons blacks had were a few old army muskets or pistols. Most infantry armaments consisted of inaccurate smooth-bore muskets and carbines, slow to reload and short-ranged. They were armed with swords, bows and arrows and muskets. Factories based in Cairo produced muskets and cannons. She is able to switch weapons between Revolvers, Auto-Guns, Hand Cannons, and Muskets. Rifles were created as an improvement in the accuracy of smooth bore muskets. Line infantrymen were trained in rapidly reloading their muskets. In Taiwan under Qing rule the Hakka on Taiwan owned matchlock muskets. The Vietnam National Army, mostly armed with machetes and muskets immediately attacked. Our guns were reduced to nothing more than muskets. During the Revolution, the arsenal stored muskets, cannon, and other weapons. He directed the provisioning of the fort at Prospect Bluff with cannon, muskets, and ammunition. Portugal responded by aiding king Gelawdewos with Portuguese soldiers and muskets.