Neon Genesis Evangelion: Difference between revisions
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Difference between revisions
The standard issue sidearm for all Nerv personnel is the [[Glock 17]]. Hyuga retrieves a Glock 17 from his desk when the JSSDF starts to invade Nerv HQ, but like most Nerv personnel, he has no weapons experience beyond basic training, so he nervously checks it by saying "safety off" aloud to himself. Since the Glock 17 ''has no external safety'', it's curious as to how he accomplished this. The answer may be that it is one of the ''End of Evangelion'' English dub translation's notorious script problems: The original Japanese version apparently doesn't have Hyuga say an equivalent line to this (unless there's an outside chance he mutters it under his breath) and it ''appears'' that the English dub just added in "safety off" to match his lip-flaps when he was talking.
The [[Glock 17]] pistol is seen as the primary firearm carried by NERV personnel.
[[File:EOEM 09.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Safety off."; Hyuga checks his Glock 17.]]
[[File:EOEM 09.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Safety off."; Hyuga checks his Glock 17.]]
[[Image:Hyugagun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hyuga keeps his Glock 17 in his desk. Note that there is only one spare magazine. It seems that someone thinks stocking up on ammunition is a waste of funds.]]
[[Image:Hyugagun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hyuga keeps his Glock 17 in his desk. Note that there is only one spare magazine. It seems that someone thinks stocking up on ammunition is a waste of funds.]]
[[Image:Aoba2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Shigeru Aoba:''' ''Release the safety.'' <br> '''Maya Ibuki:''' ''I can't! I just can't shoot this thing, Aoba!'' <br> '''Shigeru Aoba:''' ''Of course you can! You've had basic training!'' <br> '''Maya Ibuki:''' ''But I shot at targets, not at other human beings!'' <br> '''Shigeru Aoba:''' ''Idiot! You kill or you die!'' <br> Maya holds a Glock 17.]]
Gendo Ikari pulls a CZ-75B on Ritsuko during their final confrontation. There is no indication that Gendo normally carries a gun with himself, and he may have just been carrying it because Nerv HQ was being invaded by the JSSDF.
The Glock 17 pistol is seen as the primary firearm carried by NERV personnel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingGlock 17 (Generation 1) - 9x19mm.Error creating thumbnail: File missing"Safety off."; Hyuga checks his Glock 17.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHyuga keeps his Glock 17 in his desk. Note that there is only one spare magazine. It seems that someone thinks stocking up on ammunition is a waste of funds.Error creating thumbnail: File missingShigeru Aoba:Release the safety. Maya Ibuki:I can't! I just can't shoot this thing, Aoba! Shigeru Aoba:Of course you can! You've had basic training! Maya Ibuki:But I shot at targets, not at other human beings! Shigeru Aoba:Idiot! You kill or you die! Maya holds a Glock 17.
Heckler & Koch USP
Major Misato Katsuragi's gun is the HK USP. Unlike most Nerv personnel she does not use the standard issue Glock 17, possibly because she is head of the Tactical division. She brandishes it several times during the series. Note that Misato's USP has a rubber grip on the handle. She fires 10 rounds in succession when fighting the JSSDF soldiers. All three of the main H&K USP variants carry more than 10 rounds per magazine, so there is no on-screen evidence establishing which kind she uses (According to Evangelion Chronicle #13, her USP is a .45 ACP variant).
During End of Evangelion, Ritsuko uses a R-92 revolver. Ritsuko conceals her R-92 in her lab coat during her confrontation with Gendo, though there is no indication that she normally carries the gun with her.
Nerv's security guards use the Steyr MPi 69 as their standard-issue weapon. While normally only Nerv security guards are armed with Steyr MPi 69s and normal technicians and computer operators are only armed with Glock 17's, command center computer operator Lt. Aoba either manages to get his hands on one or kept one stored in his desk for just such an eventuality.
The advanced HK G11 is the standard weapon of the elite JSSDF commandos who invade Nerv HQ in End of Evangelion. A major feature of the HK G11 is that it fires caseless ammunition. Notice that when JSSDF soldiers fire their HK G11s in the movie, they never expel spent shell casings.
The MAS NF-1, which is a variant of the AA-52 machine gun mounted on French-made military vehicles, is seen mounted in a co-axial position on JSSDF AMX-10RCs as they lay a bombardment on Nerv HQ in the beginning of End of Evangelion.
The Sumitomo Type 74, the co-axial machine gun version of the Sumitomo Type 62 GPMG, is mounted on Type 74 MBTs in a co-axial position.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingVehicle-mounted Type 74 machine gun - 7.62x51mm NATO.Error creating thumbnail: File missingUNA Type 74s are lined up on the road, aiming their Royal Ordnance L7 105 mm guns at the ocean to await for Sachiel. The Type 74s are mounted always on the turret next to the gun. [The scene is replicated in the first Rebuild of Evangelion movie.]
Rocket Launchers
M269 Launcher Loader Module
M269 Modules mounted on UN Army-controlled MLRS are used to fire M26 rockets at Sachiel when it begins to approach Tokyo-3 in the first episode.
