Editing Arquebus (section)

===Musket===
The musket, essentially a large arquebus, was introduced around 1521, but fell out of favor by the mid-16th century due to the decline of armor. The term, however, remained and ''musket'' became a generic descriptor for smoothbore gunpowder weapons fired from the shoulder ("shoulder arms") into the mid-19th century.{{sfn|Chase|2003|p=92}} At least on one occasion ''musket'' and ''arquebus'' were used interchangeably to refer to the same weapon,{{sfn|Adle|2003|p=475}} and even referred to as an ''arquebus musket''.{{sfn|Andrade|2016|p=165}} A Habsburg commander in the mid-1560s once referred to muskets as ''double arquebuses''.{{sfn|Chase|2003|p=92}} The ''matchlock'' firing mechanism also became a common term for the arquebus after it was added to the firearm. Later flintlock firearms were sometimes called ''[[fusilier|fusils]]'' or ''fuzees''.{{sfn|Peterson|1965|pp=12–14}}