What armor and waepons did non samurai warriors use? Was every professional warrior a samurai? if not what would they do or what was their status?

by Absolutelynobody54

What armor or weapons did non samurai use?

I try to look but only find samurai stuff and I'm looking for everything but samurais

LionoftheNorth

u/ParallelPain and u/wotan_weevil wrote a bit about the ashigaru here.