Editing Arquebus (section)

===Use with other weapons===
The arquebus had many advantages but also severe limitations on the battlefield. This led to it often being paired up with other weaponry to mitigate these weaknesses. Qi Jiguang from China developed systems where soldiers with traditional weaponry stayed right behind the arquebusiers to protect them should enemy infantry get too close.{{sfn|Andrade|2016}} Pikemen were used to protect the arquebusiers by the English and the Venetians often used archers to lay down cover fire during the long reloading process.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|last=Phillips|first=Gervase|date=1999|title=Longbow and Hackbutt: Weapons Technology and Technology Transfer in Early Modern England|journal=Technology and Culture|volume=40|issue=3|pages=576–593|doi=10.1353/tech.1999.0150|jstor=25147360|s2cid=108977407}}</ref> The Ottomans often supported their arquebusiers with artillery fire or placed them in fortified wagons, a tactic they borrowed from the Hussites.<ref name=":04" />