武装

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 武装 is read as ぶそう and is a noun and する verb for arming a person or group with weapons or equipment, or for the resulting armed state.
• Basic usage: Disarming appears in 武装を解く, while an armed group appears in 武装した一団.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Both an action and a resulting state
  • It can describe both becoming equipped with weapons and already being armed, most often with a person or group as the subject.
• Difference from 装備
  • Compared with the general term for equipment, this word more strongly implies weapons and readiness for combat.