coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
Technical term used in military and weaponry contexts for mounting multiple guns or launchers together on a single platform. Often contrasted with 単装 (たんそう, single mounting).
See also: 単装 (たんそう)
この戦車は主砲と機関銃を連装している。
This tank has a coaxial mounting of the main gun and machine gun.
This battleship has three triple-gun turrets.
A multiple-mount turret has higher firepower than a single mount.
連装 refers to mounting multiple guns together on one platform, while 単装 refers to a single-gun mounting.
multi-gun mount; twin/multiple mounting
Compound of 連 (れん, 'linked, multiple') and 装 (そう, 'equip, mount'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern technical contexts.