Nhà Trần có nhiều nô lệ, thân binh như Yết Kiêu, Dã Tượng là nô lệ của Trần Hưng Đạo. Nhà Lê thì không biết.
The
Royal Armed Forces là quân chính quy của Miến Điện trong 849–1885..
Link dưới có vài unit đặc biệt của Miến Điện nhưthe
Cassay Horse, The Palace Guards và the Capital Defense Corps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Burmese_armed_forces#Special_branches
Súng có trong quân đội: " By 1824, on the eve of First Anglo-Burmese War, anywhere from 29 to 89 percent of Konbaung field armies were equipped with guns, with 60 percent a reasonable average."
Đại bác to nhỏ có: "The cannon were also integrated to siege warfare although the Burmese like many other Southeast Asians regarded the cannon for their imposing appearance and sound than actual usefulness. By the mid-18th century, small 3-inch calibre cannon were widely used in the sieges
Pegu and
Ayutthaya"
Súng ống những năm 1824-1885 thì rất yếu so người Anh:"The gap was already considerable even on the eve of the first war, in which Burmese defences fared best. The palace arsenal had about
35,000 muskets but they were mostly rejects from French and English arsenals. The gunpowder was of such
poor quality that British observers of the era claimed that it would not have been passed in the armies of Indian princes. The British also considered Burmese artillery "
a joke" (tức là tệ lắm).
" the Burmese cannon were mostly old ship guns of diverse calibre, and some of them 200 years old. Some of them were so old that they could be fired no often than once in 20 minutes." Súng đại bác bắn chậm, đạn bắn không nổ chắc bắn bi sắt. "they still fired only non-exploding balls"