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==Military==
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The army of Majapahit was divided into 2 main types, namely ''prajurit'' (professional soldier) and [[Conscription#Medieval levies|levy]] taken up from peasants. The main weapon was the spear.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|84–85, 130}} Initially cavalry exist in limited numbers, were mainly used for scouting and patrol, and were probably mainly armed with lances.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|90, 94}} After the Mongol invasion, the use of horses became more widespread in Java, especially for war.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bankoff|first1=Greg|last2=Swart|first2=Sandra|year=2007|title=Breeds of Empire: The 'Invention' of the Horse in Southern Africa and Maritime Southeast Asia, 1500–1950|place=Copenhagen|publisher=NIAS|isbn=978-8-7769-4014-0|volume=42 (NIAS studies in Asian topics)|pages=1–20|chapter=1. Breeds of Empire and the ‘Invention’ of the Horse}}</ref>{{Rp|12–13}} [[Chariot]]s are used for transporting soldiers to the battlefield and were "parked" before the battle. Some chariots were indeed used in battle, for example, the prime minister Nambi rode a chariot and served as an archer in the Rangga Lawe rebellion (1295 CE). Gajah Mada also rode in a chariot when attacking Sundanese troops in the [[Battle of Bubat|Bubat battle]] (1357). Chariots were carved at the Penataran Temple, seemingly modeled from the real world.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|96, 98}}<ref name=":0222">{{Cite book|last=Wales|first=H. G. Quaritch|date=1952|url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.10026|title=Ancient South-East Asian Warfare|location=London|publisher=Bernard Quaritch|language=}}</ref>{{Rp|64, 76}}<ref name=":17" />{{Rp|141, 142}} [[War elephant]]s were used mainly for transport, or as a mount for nobility and soldiers of higher rank.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|101}}
 
Majapahit had 30,000 full-time professional troops, whose soldiers and commanders were paid in gold. This shows the existence of a [[standing army]], an achievement that only a handful of Southeast Asian empires could hope to achieve.<ref name=":62">{{Cite book|last=Miksic|first=John M.|year=2013|title=Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=9789971695583|author1-link=John N. Miksic}}</ref>{{Rp|185}}<ref name=":022">{{Cite book|last1=Miksic|first1=John N.|last2=Goh|first2=Geok Yian|date=2017|title=Ancient Southeast Asia|location=London|publisher=Routledge}}</ref>{{Rp|467}} In addition to these professional soldiers, Majapahit was strengthened by troops from subordinate countries and regional leaders.<ref name="end" />{{Rp|277}} From the records of ''Suma Oriental'' and Malay Annals, the total number of Majapahit troops could reach 200,000 people.<ref name=":33">{{Cite book|last=Cortesão|first=Armando|url=https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-136385-182|title=The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, the book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515 volume I|publisher=The Hakluyt Society|year=1944|isbn=9784000085052|location=London}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>{{Rp|175-176}}<ref>Kheng, Cheah Boon; Ismail, Abdul Rahman Haji, eds. (1998). ''[https://archive.org/details/sejarah-melayu-cheah-boon-kheng/page/n1/mode/2up?q= Sejarah Melayu The Malay Annals MS RAFFLES No. 18 Edisi Rumi Baru/New Romanised Edition]''. Academic Art & Printing Services Sdn. Bhd. [https://archive.org/details/sejarah-melayu-cheah-boon-kheng/page/n127/mode/2up?q=jong hlm. 118-119]: "Setelah Betara Majapahit mendengar bunyi surat bendahari raja Singapura itu, maka baginda pun segera menyuruh berlengkap tiga ratus buah jong, lain daripada itu kelulus, pilang, jongkong, tiada terbilang lagi banyaknya; maka dua keti rakyat Jawa yang pergi itu; maka segala rakyat Jawa pun pergilah. Setelah datang ke Singapura, maka berparanglah dengan orang Singapura."</ref> The Majapahit troops were multiethnic, similar to the [[Yogyakarta Sultanate]] military which had [[Bugis]] and Dhaeng ([[Makassar people|Makassar]]) troops. As noted in ''Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai'':<blockquote>So the two parties returned to their respective places. That was how the war went on every day, for about three months, the war was unrelenting, because the Javanese kingdom also received help from foreign lands.{{sfn|Nugroho|2011|p=182}}</blockquote>{{multiple image
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