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[[Image:Girl Und Panzer Cover Image.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Girl und Panzer (2012-2013)'']]
[[Image:Girl Und Panzer Cover Image.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Girls und Panzer (2012-2013)'']]
Girl Und Panzer is an anime series taking place in alternate reality where tankery has become a form of sport. Sensha-dō, meaning the "way of the tank", has risen in popularity among women and has been running since the 1920s. Enter Miho Nishizumi, a new transfer student to the Ōarai Girls' Academy. Coming from a family of distinguished Sensha-dō tradition, she transfers to Ōarai to escape from tankery due to a past event, only for the school to bring back their Sensha-dō program and her two friends, Saori Takebe and Hana Isuzu, became very interested in it.
Girls Und Panzer is an anime series taking place in alternate reality where tankery has become a form of sport. Sensha-dō, meaning the "way of the tank", has risen in popularity among women and has been running since the 1920s. Enter Miho Nishizumi, a new transfer student to the Ōarai Girls' Academy. Coming from a family of distinguished Sensha-dō tradition, she transfers to Ōarai to escape from tankery due to a past event, only for the school to bring back their Sensha-dō program and her two friends, Saori Takebe and Hana Isuzu, became very interested in it.
Despite her reasons to leave Sensha-dō, she agrees to attend when urged by the student council and touched by her friend's faith in her. Along the way, Miho picks up Yukari Akiyama and Mako Reizei as friends too. The Ōarai Sensha-dō group then began to salvage tanks left behind by the previously established Sensha-dō organization. After retouching a Panzer 38(t), a Type 89 I-Go, a Stug III, a M3 Lee, and a Panzer IV, the Ōarai Sensha-dō group are organized into teams to begin their competitive lives in the Sensha-dō community, with Miho as the team leader due to her experiences.
Despite her reasons to leave Sensha-dō, she agrees to attend when urged by the student council and touched by her friend's faith in her. Along the way, Miho picks up Yukari Akiyama and Mako Reizei as friends too. The Ōarai Sensha-dō group then began to salvage tanks left behind by the previously established Sensha-dō organization. After retouching a Panzer 38(t), a Type 89 I-Go, a Stug III, a M3 Lee, and a Panzer IV, the Ōarai Sensha-dō group are organized into teams to begin their competitive lives in the Sensha-dō community, with Miho as the team leader due to her experiences.
Revision as of 01:39, 28 January 2015
Girls Und Panzer is an anime series taking place in alternate reality where tankery has become a form of sport. Sensha-dō, meaning the "way of the tank", has risen in popularity among women and has been running since the 1920s. Enter Miho Nishizumi, a new transfer student to the Ōarai Girls' Academy. Coming from a family of distinguished Sensha-dō tradition, she transfers to Ōarai to escape from tankery due to a past event, only for the school to bring back their Sensha-dō program and her two friends, Saori Takebe and Hana Isuzu, became very interested in it.
Despite her reasons to leave Sensha-dō, she agrees to attend when urged by the student council and touched by her friend's faith in her. Along the way, Miho picks up Yukari Akiyama and Mako Reizei as friends too. The Ōarai Sensha-dō group then began to salvage tanks left behind by the previously established Sensha-dō organization. After retouching a Panzer 38(t), a Type 89 I-Go, a Stug III, a M3 Lee, and a Panzer IV, the Ōarai Sensha-dō group are organized into teams to begin their competitive lives in the Sensha-dō community, with Miho as the team leader due to her experiences.
Miho and her friends use the Panzer IV with her as the commander, Saori as the communicator, Hana as the gunner, Yukari as the loader, and Mako as the driver. With the team organized, the biggest challenge now awaits Miho, bringing the no-name school of Ōarai into the championship of the 63rd National High School Sensha-Doō Tournament against other high-tier schools!
The following weapons were used in the anime series Girl Und Panzer:
Rabbit Team watches what appears to be Kelly's Heroes before the Sensha-dō tournament final and the box cover has soldiers holding M1 Thompsons.
Assault Rifles
AK-47
In an explanation of the American MREs, Yukari is showing why the MREs are called "Meals Rejected by the Enemies" with soldiers holding stockless AK-47s.
M16 rifle series
During an explanation of a joint exercise by the JSDF and US military, Yukari's explanation shows US soldiers carrying a variant of the M16 rifle series.
Unknown Assault Rifle
In an explanation of military rations, one scene shows soldiers eating with two holding assault rifles. Though, not enough details seem to shown to make out the exact kind.
Machine Guns
MG34
The WWII German tanks appearing in the series are all equipped with coaxial and hull mounted MG34s. Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV has the stocks of the MG34s removed. Kuromorimine Girls High School all-German tank force (Tiger I, Tiger II, Panthers, JagdPanther, etc.) all have tank-mounted MG34s as well.
ZB-53
Turtle Team's Panzer 38(t) is equipped with two ZB-53 machine guns before being upgraded in Episode 10. St. Gloriana Girls Academy's tanks, which are the British Matilda II and Churchill Mk.IV, uses the Besa Machine Gun variants of the ZB-53.
Browning M1919A4
Rabbit Team's American M3 Lee Tank is equipped with Browning M1919A4s. Saunders University High School exclusively uses American Sherman tanks armed with M1919A4 machineguns on bow and coaxial.
Type 91 Tank Machine Gun
Duck Team's Japanese Type 89 I-Go Tank is equipped with two Type 91 machine guns (modified Type 11 machineguns for tanks)
Pravda High School's Soviet tanks, the T-34/76, T-34/85, IS-2, and KV-2, are all equipped with a Degtyaryov DT as a secondary weapon.
Reibel machine gun
Mallard Team's French Car B1 bis tank is equipped with a Reibel Machine Gun as a secondary weapon.
Bren gun
An armored personnel carrier for St. Gloriana's spectators Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe is seen with a Bren gun mounted on it.
Breda Modello 38
Anzio High School's tanks, which are the Italian L3/35, the Semovente 75/18, and the Carro Armato P40, are equipped with the Breda Modello 38 as their machine guns. The Semoventes does not have their top-mounted machine guns though and the L3/35 uses the Breda as its main armament.