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...
They 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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The bold samurai soldiers fought a surly battle to the end.
samurai Jack. to fight with Micheal jack son
They were higher ranking than other samurai because they were skilled horseback riders and were able to use more weapons and skills on horseback then other samurai who were on foot.
Mainly a katana.
i would have to say samurai because ninjas have small sword and samurai have big ones this man is wrong ninjas are stelthy and whicked by the way its not the size its how you use it Im sorry but the samurai would win. Someone simulated which was the most formidable warrior of all time and it was the samurai! Samurai would so win! i would have to agree with the second person. i mean samuai are cool but ninjas use their heads. meaning they would out smart a samurai. ninja girl out:)
all the time, they also used guns bows and swords
As a sport, not for means of defense. The yakuza uses guns more than swords, but occasionaly there are reports of murders using katanas (samurai sword) hope this helps
Samurai used bows and arrows.
{| |- | 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. |}
The samurai took his sharp samurai sword and cut the watermelon in half.
A interesting detail about a samurai's training in archery is that a Samurai has to use his left hand to aim the arrow.
Most samurai use a katana(witch is a common samurai sword).Samurai also carried a back up sword called a wakizashi.More weapons would be a tanto,kama,and fans.
Samurai needed to use armour and weapons in order to complete their comquests
The bold samurai soldiers fought a surly battle to the end.
samurai Jack. to fight with Micheal jack son
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If you mean samurai swords, then yes. If you mean actually hiring samurai, then no. Some ninja were former samurai however.