deactivated63bf4537b Upon having [done a little more research, it turns out that Knights (and Samurai) really did have guns (matchlock/wheelock rifles) in the 1600s prior to the development of modern military.
![full](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pappenheim_Curassiers.PNG)
![full](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Wheel-lock_holster_pistols%2C_Nuremberg%2C_c._1650_-_Higgins_Armory_Museum_-_DSC05494.JPG/1024px-Wheel-lock_holster_pistols%2C_Nuremberg%2C_c._1650_-_Higgins_Armory_Museum_-_DSC05494.JPG)
![full](http://i.imgur.com/zj3MH.jpg)
![full](http://shogun2.heavengames.com/galleries/28/0000/0991/Arquebus_1__450x368.jpg)