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|name= Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | |name= Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | ||
|picture = | |picture = MGSOA BR cover.jpg | ||
|caption = Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | |caption = Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Blu-Ray cover. | ||
|country = [[File:JAP.jpg|25px]] Japan | |country = [[File:JAP.jpg|25px]] Japan | ||
|channel = MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X, CBC, Crunchyroll (Streaming, subtitled) | |channel = MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X, CBC, Crunchyroll (Streaming, subtitled) | ||
|genre = Military <br> Fantasy | |genre = Military <br> Fantasy | ||
|creator = Makoto Fukami (Author) <br> Hideyo Yamamoto (Director) | |creator = Makoto Fukami (Author) <br> Hideyo Yamamoto (Director) | ||
|dates = January | |dates = January 12 - March 30, 2019 | ||
|language = Japanese | |language = Japanese | ||
|seasons = 1 | |seasons = 1 | ||
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GRU Operative Constantine Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement. | GRU Operative Constantine Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement. | ||
[[Image:MP433Grach.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:MP433Grach.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MP-443 "Grach" - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-ConstantinePistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|GRU Operative Asimov and his pistol at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-ConstantinePistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|GRU Operative Asimov and his pistol at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
==Derringer== | |||
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer of indeterminate manufacture that can transform into various firearms, most notably an HK416. | |||
[[File:Cobra C22m chrome.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Cobra C22m Standard Derringer - .22 WMR]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-MiaDerringer-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Magical Girl Just Mia armed with her magical artifact about to transform into her HK416 in "A More Terrible War".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE03 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shot of the derringer used by Mia.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE06 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia takes out her derringer while on a black op raid in Japan in "Wish Upon a Star". Of all the places where she drew it from...]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|You can see that Mia's cleaning the derringer in "The Lid of Hell", even though the animation in this shot is mediocre.]] | |||
==FN Five-seveN== | |||
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. She is seen using what appears to be an [[FN Five-seveN]] before it changes to her derringer in order to transform as her main sidearm. Her fellow CIA SAD agents Aaron and Julia also use it on occasions. | |||
[[Image:FN5.7Suppressed.jpg|thumb|none|400px|FN Five-seveN USG fitted with Gemtech SFN-57 suppressor - 5.7×28mm]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE03 04.jpg||thumb|none|600px|Mia armed with her magical artifact seemingly taking the form of an FN Five-seveN fitted with a suppressor in "A More Terrible War".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-MiaPistol-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia taking cover while stacking up.]] | |||
[[File:MagicalGirlSpecopAsuka Ep6 FN57 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aaron confronts a Halloween-class monster while firing magic enhanced 5.7x28mm rounds in "Wish Upon a Star".]] | |||
[[File:MagicalGirlSpecopsAsuka Ep6 FN57 magchange.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the live round being ejected as Aaron and Julia switched their full magazines for magic enhanced ammunition magazines, a nice detail by the animators.]] | |||
[[File:MagicalGirlSpecopsAsuka Ep6 FN57closeup.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up detail shot of the Five-seveN.]] | |||
[[File:FN Five-seveN Mark 2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|FN Five-seveN Mark 2 - FN 5.7×28mm.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia takes out the Goblin-type Disas in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
==Kimber Custom TLE II== | |||
A Kimber Custom TLE II is seen in the eyecatch for "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" with Kurumi Mugen. | |||
[[File:KimberCustomTLEII Plain.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Kimber Custom TLE II - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE02 ES00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kurumi with the Warrior in the "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" eyecatch. Note that the photo appears to be taken from the manga.]] | |||
==Makarov PM== | |||
A [[Makarov PM]] is seen in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem" with a Russian wizard mercenary named Povar. | |||
[[File:MakarovIJ70.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Commercial imported Makarov by Baikal, called the IJ-70 - 9x18mm Makarov.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The PM fired at Asuka, loaded with enhanced ammo in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".]] | |||
==CZ 100== | |||
The [[CZ 100]] is seen with Lau Peipei aka Shantoulon Peipei as her sidearm. | |||
[[File:CZ100.jpg|thumb|none|300px|CZ 100 - 9x19mm Parabellum]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE12 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dual CZ 100s are used by Lau in "If This Battle Ever Ends".]] | |||
==Ballistic Knife Pistol== | |||
A ballistic knife pistol is seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit" with Tamara, using it as her handheld weapon. It appears to be enhanced to take on magical enemies. | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara draws out the BK in Wakkanai near the end of "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A first person view of Tamara aiming the BK at a modified Halloween-class Disas in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
=Revolvers= | |||
==Nambu Model 60== | |||
The [[Nambu Model 60]] is the issue revolver of the Tokyo Metropolitan/Okinawa Prefectural Police aren't as well detailed. | |||
[[Image:Nambu60_snub.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Model 60 snub nose - .38 Special.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-TMPDRevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pair of TMPD officers are gunned down before they could fire their standard issue revolvers in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|OPP officers engage Disas beasts at downtown Naha in the middle of "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
==IMI Uzi== | |||
A full sized [[Uzi|IMI Uzi]] is used by a Colombian terrorist named Crescent Moon Sandino to attack Magical Girl "Just Cause" and her fellow CIA operatives in "Wish Upon a Star". | |||
[[File:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|300px|IMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[File:MagicalGirlSpecopsAsuka Ep6 Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sandino shows up in "Wish Upon a Star".]] | |||
[[File:MagicalGirlSpecopsAsuka Ep6 Uzi2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Uzi being fired.]] | |||
=Assault Rifles= | =Assault Rifles= | ||
==Howa Type 89== | ==Howa Type 89== | ||
Yoshiaki Iizuka of the JGSDF's Special Forces Group contingent at Mt. Aso, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle in in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". He appears to be using 20 round magazines. | Yoshiaki Iizuka of the JGSDF's Special Forces Group contingent at Mt. Aso, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle in in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". He appears to be using 20 round magazines. The JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the Type 89, but with 30 round magazines, first seen in "The Lid of Hell". | ||
[[Image:HowaType89FullStock.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Howa Type 89 with integral bipod - 5.56x45mm. ]] | [[Image:HowaType89FullStock.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Howa Type 89 with integral bipod - 5.56x45mm. ]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-HowaType89.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Iizuka holding his Howa Type 89 with his remaining arm in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". Seems to be loaded with a 20 round magazine.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-HowaType89.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Iizuka holding his Howa Type 89 with his remaining arm in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". Seems to be loaded with a 20 round magazine.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka_JGSDF_Naha_Defenders1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|JGSDF Soldiers of the 15th Brigade defend JGSDF Naha Garrison with their Type 89 rifles and a mounted machine gun on the Komatsu LAV during the episode "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-HowaType89_Naha_Defenders.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A JGSDF soldier from the 15th Brigade fires at the attacking Disas Beasts. This is seen as stock footage in "Each of Their Own Battles" and "The Magical Girls and This Beautiful World".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|15B soldiers holding the line inside JGSDF Naha in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
==AKM== | ==AKM== | ||
The East Asia United Front terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". They're later seen in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms". | The East Asia United Front terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". They're later seen first in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms", confirming that the EAUF uses them as their weapon of choice. They're also seen with other bad guys in other episodes. | ||
[[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AKM - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AKM - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kim Kanth leads EAUF terrorists on the run in the streets of Tokyo, armed with AKMs in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kim Kanth leads EAUF terrorists on the run in the streets of Tokyo, armed with AKMs in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM-detail1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Detail of the AKM's receiver. Note that it's loaded with a bakelite mag.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM-detail1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Detail of the AKM's receiver. Note that it's loaded with a bakelite mag.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE07 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Oboroten Boyevik is shot by M-Squad in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:AKM black.jpg|thumb|400px|none|'''Airsoft''' LCT AKM]] | [[File:AKM black.jpg|thumb|400px|none|'''Airsoft''' LCT AKM]] | ||
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[[File:MGSOAE02 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An EAUF terrorist with the AKM outfitted with black synthetic furniture.]] | [[File:MGSOAE02 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An EAUF terrorist with the AKM outfitted with black synthetic furniture.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE02 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|EAUF terrorists encounter Abigail aka Pick Scissors Abby.]] | [[File:MGSOAE02 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|EAUF terrorists encounter Abigail aka Pick Scissors Abby.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE03 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Armed sicarios confront Mia in "A More Terrible War".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE04 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka disarms an EAUF terrorist in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oboroten Boyeviks load up crates in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
==HK416== | ==Heckler & Koch HK416== | ||
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. The most common form it takes is a HK416 with magically enhanced ammunition. | Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. The most common form it takes is a HK416 with magically enhanced ammunition. | ||
[[Image:HK416_current.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch HK416 with 10.4 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm NATO.]] | [[Image:HK416_current.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Heckler & Koch HK416 with 10.4 inch barrel - 5.56x45mm NATO.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Magical416-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shot from the OP sequence, KODO, Just Cause Mia shooting at some enemies with her assault rifle.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-Magical416-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shot from the OP sequence, KODO, Just Cause Mia shooting at some enemies with her assault rifle. Note the thumb over bore grip Mia uses in order to control her rifle.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAEOP 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shot of the carbine's receiver withe fire selector in the ED sequence, Rebellion.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAEOP 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A shot of the carbine's receiver with the loaded 30-round mag.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE01 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia with her HK416 during the fight with the King Dias monster in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAE01 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia with her HK416 during the fight with the King Dias monster in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE03 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mia uses her magical girl powers to enhance her ammo during a raid in "A More Terrible War".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE03 ES00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The "A More Terrible War" eyecatch with Mia posing with her carbine.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the HK416's barrel fired at Goblin-type Disas in downtown Naha in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE12 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The HK416 being fired at the end of "If This Battle Ever Ends".]] | |||
==Beretta ARX-160== | ==Beretta ARX-160== | ||
Aaron and Julia are seen with [[Beretta ARX-160]]s in "A More Terrible War" while on an anti-cartel op in Mexico. Magical Operations Response Group operators use them during the siege at JGSDF Naha Garrison in "Each of Their Own Battles". | |||
[[Image:Arx-160 CQB Coyote brown.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Beretta ARX-160 Coyote brown with 11.89" barrel - 5.56x45mm]] | [[Image:Arx-160 CQB Coyote brown.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Beretta ARX-160 Coyote brown with 11.89" barrel - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-MiaCompanionRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[File:MGSOAsuka-MiaCompanionRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Aaron and Julia with the Beretta ARX-160s in "A More Terrible War".]] | ||
[[Image:Arx-160 12-inch.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Beretta ARX-160 with 12" barrel - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MORG operators engage Halloween-class Disas monsters breaching the Naha Garrison's eastern entrance in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
==AK-47== | |||
The [[AK-47]] is seen with various bad guys in the show. | |||
[[File:AK (1951).jpg|thumb|none|500px|AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE03 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Armed sicarios with the AK-47 in "A More Terrible War".]] | |||
==IWI CTAR-21== | |||
The IWI CTAR-21 is seen in an eyecatch with Lau in an eyecatch. | |||
[[Image:IMI CTAR-21 Tavor.jpg|thumb|none|450px|IMI Tavor CTAR-21 with ITL MARS red dot sight - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE12 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lau posing with the CTAR-21 in the "If This Battle Ever Ends" eyecatch.]] | |||
==AK-type rifle== | |||
[[File:MGSOAE08 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The dropped AK near Giess' body in "You'll Be a Wonderful Magical Girl".]] | |||
=Battle Rifles= | |||
==LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter== | |||
The LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter is seen with operators under the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces' Magical Girl Operations Development Unit or M-Squad. Kurumi presumably gets one from the squad in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles". | |||
[[File:LMT308MWS Black.jpg|thumb|none|400px|LMT Sharpshooter - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kaede and Ise take up combat positions while engaging Pick Scissors Abby in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shima retrieves a wounded War Nurse Kurumi.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kaede fires incendiary ammo at Abby to cover her comrades's retrieval of Kurumi.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ise opens fire on Oboroten Boyeviks in the middle of "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Sharpshooter seen with Shima, Kaede and Ise when M-Squad is mobilized in "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shima fires the Sharpshooter from behind sandbags during the siege at JGSDF Naha Garrison in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Sharpshooter fired by Ise.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kurumi shoulders the Sharpshooter when Giess raids the underground shelter.]] | |||
=Sniper Rifles= | =Sniper Rifles= | ||
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GRU Operative Constantine Asimov was initially armed with an [[OSV-96]] during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". | GRU Operative Constantine Asimov was initially armed with an [[OSV-96]] during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". | ||
[[ | [[File:OSV-96 with bipod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|OSV-96 ''Vzlomshchik'' with black stock - 12.7x108mm]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE01 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The OSV-96 being loaded up during the fight in Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAE01 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The OSV-96 being loaded up during the fight in Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-OSV096.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hearing something approach him from behind, Constantine tosses his OSV-96 away to draw his sidearm.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-OSV096.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hearing something approach him from behind, Constantine tosses his OSV-96 away to draw his sidearm.]] | ||
==Accuracy International AS50== | |||
The [[Accuracy International AS50]] is used by M-Squad as the anti-materiel rifle of choice. It's usually loaded with Orihalcon-made ammo to weaken magical creatures and girls if a shot is made. | |||
[[file:As50sr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Accuracy International AS50 - .50 BMG]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yoshino aiming the at the enhanced Halloween-class creature in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE05 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the AS50 aimed at the Queen.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yoshino goes prone with the AS50 during an anti-magic op somewhere in the Sarobetsu plain in Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The AS50 seen with Yoshino when M-Squad is mobilized in "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Yoshino takes up a sniper position inside the JGSDF Naha Garrison in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
==Barrett M107== | |||
The MORG's sniper rifle of choice is the Barrett M107 as they defend JGSDF Naha Garrison and the Dimensional Bridge from the attacking Disas Beasts | |||
[[file:Berrett M107.jpg|thumb|none|451px|Barrett M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle - .50 BMG.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka_US-MORG_AMSniper_Rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Loaded with rare Magical 12.7mm rounds, the American operators hold the defense perimeter at JGSDF NG during the episode "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
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[[Image:BrowningM2_plain.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG]] | [[Image:BrowningM2_plain.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M2HB - .50 BMG]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE01 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAE01 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
==General Dynamics GAU-17/A== | |||
A General Dynamics GAU-17/A is seen used with a JGSDF Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey VTOL deployed to Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit", which is later used in other M-Squad ops in Japan. | |||
[[File:Osprey RCWS machine gun and camera.jpg|thumb|none|600px|GAU-17/A mounted in Osprey V-22 VTOL fuselage via Remote Guardian System - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The GAU-17/A deployed in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The M-Squad MV-22B Osprey on standby inside JGSDF Camp Naha in "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
==M240== | ==M240== | ||
The M240 is used as co-axial machine guns on M1 Abrams MBTs. | The M240 is used as co-axial machine guns on M1 Abrams MBTs. | ||
[[Image:M240C.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M240C machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | [[Image:M240C.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M240C machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | ||
[[Image:M240d.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M240D machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | [[Image:M240d.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M240D machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE01 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAE01 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The wrecked remains of an American M1 Abrams during the fight at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
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Russian magical girl Tamara Volkova is holding what is supposedly a magically modified [[RPK light machine gun]] with a 40 round magazine. | Russian magical girl Tamara Volkova is holding what is supposedly a magically modified [[RPK light machine gun]] with a 40 round magazine. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:RPK right side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|RPK with cleaning rod removed, folded bipod and 40-round magazine - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-RPK1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara at the final battle at Mt. Aso is armed with an RPK in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-RPK1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara at the final battle at Mt. Aso is armed with an RPK in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-RPK2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Providing covering fire at Mt. Aso.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-RPK2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Providing covering fire at Mt. Aso.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE07 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An eyecatch of Tamara with her LMG, first seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-RPK3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara holding the line with her RPK at JGSDF Naha Garrison in the episode "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
==Sumitomo Minimi== | |||
The Komatsu LAVs of the JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the license built Minimi by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Note that they're animated with a very long barrel. | |||
[[Image:Sumitomo_Minimi_bipod.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Sumitomo Minimi.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka_JGSDF_Naha_Defenders1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Komatsu LAV of the JGSDF's 15th Brigade at the JGSDF Naha Garrison seems to be fitted with the Sumitomo Minimi in the episode "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Sumitomo Minimi fired at incoming Disas monsters breaching the main gate in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
==M61 Vulcan== | |||
The [[M61 Vulcan]] is used on Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces F-15Js stationed at the JASDF Naha Air Base. | |||
[[File:M61 Vulcan machine gun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|GE M61 Vulcan Cannon - 20mm]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 05.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The F-15Js parked inside JASDF NAB in "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
==Sumitomo Type 74== | |||
The Sumitomo Type 74 in a coaxial machine gun role is utilized by the M-Squad's Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle deployed during the raid on the JGSDF Naha Garrison in "The Lid of Hell". | |||
[[Image:Type74MG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type 74 machine gun, vehicle mount version - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Type 16 MCV deployed in "The Lid of Hell" after Babel Brigade lays siege to it.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Type16MCV01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle attached to the JGSDF's M Squad at JGSDF NG.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Type16MCV02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Out of the magically enhanced shells and surrounded by Disas beasts, the crew of the Type 16 MCV make a final stand using the MCV's coaxial machine gun in the episode "Each of Their Deadly Battles"]] | |||
=Recoilless Rifles= | |||
==Howa 84RR== | |||
The JGSDF soldiers defending Naha are also equipped with the Japanese licensed copy of the Carl Gustav Recoiless Rifle in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles. | |||
[[Image:CarlGustavM2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Carl Gustaf M2 - 84x246mm R]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Howa84RR_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pair of JGSDF Soldiers prep to fire their Howa 84RR at the attacking Disas Beasts in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Howa84RR_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The JGSDF soldiers fire their Howa 84RR at the attacking Disas Beasts.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-Howa84RR_Projectile.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The 84mm rocket fired.]] | |||
=Grenade Launchers= | =Grenade Launchers= | ||
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[[File:MGSOAE01 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An EAUF terrorist aims the GP25 at the TMPD Armored Bus in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | [[File:MGSOAE01 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An EAUF terrorist aims the GP25 at the TMPD Armored Bus in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM-GP-25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kim about to fire his GP-25 at Magical Girl Rapture Asuka. She has shields.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-AKM-GP-25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kim about to fire his GP-25 at Magical Girl Rapture Asuka. She has shields.]] | ||
==Milkor MGL== | |||
A [[Milkor MGL]] is seen with Mia to clear out large number of Halloween-class Disas monsters in downtown Naha in "Each of Their Own Battles". | |||
[[File:ICS-190 GLM.jpg|thumb|400px|none|ICS-190 GLM, an Airsoft replica of the Milkor MGL Mk 1L]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Milkor MGL on her left hand in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
=Grenades= | |||
==Smoke Grenade== | |||
A smoke grenade is used by Asuka to cover her escape in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins". | |||
[[File:MGSOAE04 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka using her karambit to get the safety pin in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE04 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka tossing the primed smoke grenade.]] | |||
==M67 frag grenade== | |||
The [[M67 hand grenade|M67 frag grenade]] is seen with Sacchu when Giess leads a breach to the JGSDF Naha Garrison's underground shelter in "Each of Their Own Battles". | |||
[[Image:FakeM67.jpg|thumb|none|200px|'''Airsoft''' "M67 hand grenade" gas bottle]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 09.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sacchu is clearly a blood knight who wants to get his Cenobite-class kills in "Each of Their own Battles".]] | |||
==Stielhandgranate== | |||
A Stielhandgranate-type grenade is seen with an armed man in "If This Battle Ever Ends". | |||
[[Image:M24handgrenade.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE12 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Stielhandgranate in "If This Battle Ever Ends". Somehow, he's trying to pull an invisible string to prime it.]] | |||
=Others= | =Others= | ||
== | ==Phoenix Razgromit Luc== | ||
Tamara is seen using a giant flamethrower at times. | Tamara is seen using a giant flamethrower at times, known as Phoenix Razgromit Luc, which also houses a chaingun. | ||
[[File:MGSOAOP 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara wielding the flamethrower in the OP sequenece, "KODO".]] | [[File:MGSOAOP 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara wielding the flamethrower in the OP sequenece, "KODO".]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAE07 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tamara shows her flamethrower after she changes to her magical girl form in Wakkanai in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE09 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Enemy Disas airborne beasts roasted by Tamara in "The Lid of Hell".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 06.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The flamethrower materialized for what seems to be for the nth time in "Each of Their Deadly Battles".]] | |||
==Grenade Tripwire== | |||
A grenade rigged to a tripwire is seen in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins". | |||
[[File:MGSOAE04 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka spots the wired grenade during a raid on a EAUF safehouse in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".]] | |||
=Unidentifiable/Vague Guns= | =Unidentifiable/Vague Guns= | ||
==Unidentified M1911 Variant== | ==Unidentified M1911 Variant== | ||
In the opening sequence, Asuka is seen holding what appears to be a compact or officer's model of the M1911 with skeletonized trigger, angled slide serrations, and enlarged beavertail. | In the opening sequence, Asuka is seen holding what appears to be a compact or officer's model of the M1911 with skeletonized trigger, angled slide serrations, and enlarged beavertail. She is also shown using this as her primary ranged weapon alongside her magical karambit, and it appears to also shoot magically enhanced ammunition. | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-AsukaPistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka's pistol in the opening sequence.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-AsukaPistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka's pistol in the opening sequence.]] | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-AsukaPistol2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka as Magical Girl Rapture using the unidentifiable M1911 variant against the mercenary wizards from Russia in the episode "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins"]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE07 08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Asuka with her dual pistols in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit".]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pistols drawn out and held akimbo in "Each of Their Own Battles".]] | |||
==Possible MP5== | ==Possible MP5== | ||
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons. | The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons. | ||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-RiotPoliceGuns.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Can vaguely see some details, hinting at the MP5.]] | [[File:MGSOAsuka-RiotPoliceGuns.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Can vaguely see some details, hinting at the MP5.]] | ||
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[[Category:Television]] | [[Category:Television]] | ||
==Unknown Pistol/1911?== | |||
Sacchu, the fairy that helps Asuka and others in Japan, uses a pistol when fighting alongside Asuka and Kurumi at Naha Air Base. He gains two of these when fighting Goblin-types at the underground bunker. | |||
[[File:MGSOAE10 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sacchu hyping himself up before the arrival of Giess and company at the underground bunker.]] | |||
[[File:MGSOAsuka-SacchuAkimbo2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sacchu somehow gains a second pistol when confronting Giess and Disas at the underground bunker in the episode "The Magical Girls and This Beautiful World".]] | |||
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Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (Japanese: 魔法少女特殊戦あすか Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Tokushusen Asuka) is a Japanese magical girl/military seinen manga series written by Makoto Fukami and illustrated by Seigo Tokiya. Naoya Tamura is the series' military advisor. It began publication in June 2015 in the manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan, published by Square Enix, and has five tankōbon volumes slated for North America Release as of January 2018. The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films began airing on January 12, 2019; the anime series is licensed in North America under Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership.
The following weapons were used in the anime series Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka:
Pistols
MP-443 Grach
GRU Operative Constantine Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement.
Derringer
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer of indeterminate manufacture that can transform into various firearms, most notably an HK416.
FN Five-seveN
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. She is seen using what appears to be an FN Five-seveN before it changes to her derringer in order to transform as her main sidearm. Her fellow CIA SAD agents Aaron and Julia also use it on occasions.
Kimber Custom TLE II
A Kimber Custom TLE II is seen in the eyecatch for "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" with Kurumi Mugen.
Makarov PM
A Makarov PM is seen in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem" with a Russian wizard mercenary named Povar.
CZ 100
The CZ 100 is seen with Lau Peipei aka Shantoulon Peipei as her sidearm.
Ballistic Knife Pistol
A ballistic knife pistol is seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit" with Tamara, using it as her handheld weapon. It appears to be enhanced to take on magical enemies.
Revolvers
Nambu Model 60
The Nambu Model 60 is the issue revolver of the Tokyo Metropolitan/Okinawa Prefectural Police aren't as well detailed.
Submachine Guns
IMI Uzi
A full sized IMI Uzi is used by a Colombian terrorist named Crescent Moon Sandino to attack Magical Girl "Just Cause" and her fellow CIA operatives in "Wish Upon a Star".
Assault Rifles
Howa Type 89
Yoshiaki Iizuka of the JGSDF's Special Forces Group contingent at Mt. Aso, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle in in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". He appears to be using 20 round magazines. The JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the Type 89, but with 30 round magazines, first seen in "The Lid of Hell".
AKM
The East Asia United Front terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". They're later seen first in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms", confirming that the EAUF uses them as their weapon of choice. They're also seen with other bad guys in other episodes.
Heckler & Koch HK416
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. The most common form it takes is a HK416 with magically enhanced ammunition.
Beretta ARX-160
Aaron and Julia are seen with Beretta ARX-160s in "A More Terrible War" while on an anti-cartel op in Mexico. Magical Operations Response Group operators use them during the siege at JGSDF Naha Garrison in "Each of Their Own Battles".
AK-47
The AK-47 is seen with various bad guys in the show.
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IWI CTAR-21
The IWI CTAR-21 is seen in an eyecatch with Lau in an eyecatch.
AK-type rifle
Battle Rifles
LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter
The LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter is seen with operators under the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces' Magical Girl Operations Development Unit or M-Squad. Kurumi presumably gets one from the squad in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles".
Sniper Rifles
OSV-96
GRU Operative Constantine Asimov was initially armed with an OSV-96 during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
Accuracy International AS50
The Accuracy International AS50 is used by M-Squad as the anti-materiel rifle of choice. It's usually loaded with Orihalcon-made ammo to weaken magical creatures and girls if a shot is made.
Barrett M107
The MORG's sniper rifle of choice is the Barrett M107 as they defend JGSDF Naha Garrison and the Dimensional Bridge from the attacking Disas Beasts
Machine Guns
Browning M2HB
The Browning M2HB is used the main machine gun on M1 Abrams MBTs.
General Dynamics GAU-17/A
A General Dynamics GAU-17/A is seen used with a JGSDF Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey VTOL deployed to Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit", which is later used in other M-Squad ops in Japan.
M240
The M240 is used as co-axial machine guns on M1 Abrams MBTs.
M134 Minigun
The terrorists seem to have an uparmored Dodge Nitro with a M134 Minigun on a pop-out roof mount in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
RPK
Russian magical girl Tamara Volkova is holding what is supposedly a magically modified RPK light machine gun with a 40 round magazine.
Sumitomo Minimi
The Komatsu LAVs of the JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the license built Minimi by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Note that they're animated with a very long barrel.
M61 Vulcan
The M61 Vulcan is used on Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces F-15Js stationed at the JASDF Naha Air Base.
Sumitomo Type 74
The Sumitomo Type 74 in a coaxial machine gun role is utilized by the M-Squad's Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle deployed during the raid on the JGSDF Naha Garrison in "The Lid of Hell".
Recoilless Rifles
Howa 84RR
The JGSDF soldiers defending Naha are also equipped with the Japanese licensed copy of the Carl Gustav Recoiless Rifle in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles.
Grenade Launchers
GP-25
Kim Kanth, leader of the EAUF, is given an AKM with a GP-25 Grenade Launcher attached in "The Magical Girl Comes Back" with most of the other EAUF terrorists.
Milkor MGL
A Milkor MGL is seen with Mia to clear out large number of Halloween-class Disas monsters in downtown Naha in "Each of Their Own Battles".
Grenades
Smoke Grenade
A smoke grenade is used by Asuka to cover her escape in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
M67 frag grenade
The M67 frag grenade is seen with Sacchu when Giess leads a breach to the JGSDF Naha Garrison's underground shelter in "Each of Their Own Battles".
Stielhandgranate
A Stielhandgranate-type grenade is seen with an armed man in "If This Battle Ever Ends".
Others
Phoenix Razgromit Luc
Tamara is seen using a giant flamethrower at times, known as Phoenix Razgromit Luc, which also houses a chaingun.
Grenade Tripwire
A grenade rigged to a tripwire is seen in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
Unidentifiable/Vague Guns
Unidentified M1911 Variant
In the opening sequence, Asuka is seen holding what appears to be a compact or officer's model of the M1911 with skeletonized trigger, angled slide serrations, and enlarged beavertail. She is also shown using this as her primary ranged weapon alongside her magical karambit, and it appears to also shoot magically enhanced ammunition.
Possible MP5
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons.
Unknown Pistol/1911?
Sacchu, the fairy that helps Asuka and others in Japan, uses a pistol when fighting alongside Asuka and Kurumi at Naha Air Base. He gains two of these when fighting Goblin-types at the underground bunker.
