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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
The only problem with your scenario is that by the time the Japanese learned enough to deal with the Mongols and to invade the Korean penisula, the Western powers have long adopted the musket.
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Ummm. in 1592 Japan was producing more matchlock muskets than the whole of Europe. They even made some improvement from the basic Portuguese design by installing a sheild that made it possible to fire the weapon when raining.
Musket tactics such as the rotating volley fire were in full use at this time.
Don't be fooled by Hollywood. Samurai's abhoring the use of fire arms as not honorable is a myth. The use of fire arms was abolished by the first Shogun.