The game cruiser receives a fourteen-gun arrangement after triple 4.5-inch mounts are introduced. Royal Navy interest in triple mountings supplies the historical basis for trying that configuration in the counterfactual. The terminology surrounding multiple-gun mountings varies between navies and can change within the same navy over time. Some usages distinguish linked guns described as twins or triples from individually mounted guns described as doubles, trios, or simply two or three guns. Those distinctions cannot be assumed to apply consistently to every source.
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Triple mounts and inconsistent turret terminology
The proposed triple 4.5-inch fit leads to a warning that twin, triple, and similar mounting labels do not carry consistent technical meanings across navies.