en echelon

English
A diagram of the layout of the Rivadavia-class battleships; the amidships turrets are mounted en echelon.

Adjective

en echelon (not comparable)

  1. (nautical, military, of wing-mounted gun turrets on a warship) Staggered; offset so that the wing turret on one side is mounted further forwards than the one on the opposite side.
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