: Gen re ▁paint ings ▁Category : 1 7 9 4 ▁paint ings ▁Category : 1 7 9 4 ▁in ▁Spain ▁Category : L ands cape ▁paint ings <0x0A> </s> ▁A ▁mus k ete er ▁() ▁was ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁soldier ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁a ▁mus ket . ▁Mus k ete ers ▁were ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁early ▁modern ▁arm ies , ▁particularly ▁in ▁Europe , ▁as ▁they ▁normally ▁compr ised ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁their ▁inf antry . ▁The ▁mus k ete er ▁was ▁a ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁the ▁rif le man . ▁Mus k ets ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁rif les ▁in ▁most ▁western ▁arm ies ▁during ▁the ▁mid - 1 8 5 0 s . ▁The ▁traditional ▁design ation ▁of ▁" mus k ete er " ▁for ▁an ▁inf antry ▁private ▁surv ived ▁in ▁the ▁Imperial ▁German ▁Army ▁until ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁ ▁Asia ▁ ▁China ▁ ▁The ▁hand ▁can non ▁was ▁invent ed ▁in ▁China ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁w ides p read ▁use ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁It ▁spread ▁west ward ▁across ▁Asia ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century . ▁Ar qu eb us iers ▁and ▁mus k ete ers ▁were ▁util ized ▁in ▁the ▁arm ies ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁( 1 3 6 8 – 1 6 4 4 ) ▁and ▁Q ing ▁dynast ies ▁( 1 6 4 4 – 1 9 1 1 ). ▁Z ha o ▁Sh iz hen ' s ▁book