Girls und Panzer

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Girls und Panzer (2012-2013)

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, a school not having practised the sport in 20 years, to escape from tankery due to a past event, only for the school to bring back their Sensha-dō program and her two new friends, Saori Takebe and Hana Isuzu, to become 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 friends' 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 experience.

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-dō Tournament against other high-tier schools!

The following weapons were used in the anime series Girl Und Panzer:

Submachine Guns

M1 Thompson

Rabbit Team watches Kelly's Heroes before the Sensha-dō tournament final. The box cover has soldiers holding M1 Thompsons.

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M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP

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The box cover of Kelly's Heroes with soldiers and their Thompsons. (Ep.10)

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Kelly carrying a Thompson slung over his shoulder during the animated adaptation of a key battle scene in the movie. (Ep.10)

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.

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AK-47 - 7.62x39mm

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Soldiers with stockless AKs rejecting Yukari's MREs. (OVA #2)

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.

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M16 - 5.56x45mm

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US Soldiers in one of Yukari's explanation montage with M16s. (OVA #5)

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.

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Soldiers eating rations by a fire. Closer inspection on the left two soldiers shows the weapon seems to have a triangular front sight on the left guy, but has a sliding stock of a HK on the guy to his right. (OVA #2)

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.

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MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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Saori mans a MG34 without its stock inside a Panzer IV. (OP)

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A Panzer III with the MG34s visible on bow and coaxial in the introductory video of Sensha-dō. (Ep.1)

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Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV with MG34s on its coaxial and bow mounts. (Ep.3)

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As the Panzer IV unloads a fired shell, we can see the MG34 on the right. (Ep.6)

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The Panzer IV in a garage. Here we can see clearly the bow and coaxial mount of the MG34. (Ep.7)

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Saori by the Panzer IV's MG34. Note the double crescent trigger. (Ep.8)

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The bow-mounted MG34 on the Tiger(P) can be seen here. (Ep.10)

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A close-up of the bow-mounted MG34 on an upgraded Panzer IV. (Ep.10)

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A Tiger I with a MG34 mounted on the bow. (Ep.11)

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A MG34 with a stock inside Erika Itsumi's Tiger II. (Ep.11)

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A MG34 on a Panzer III on both bow and coaxial. (Ep.11)

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A Jagdtiger with a visible bow MG34. (Ep.12)

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Maho Nishizumi's Tiger I with a MG34 on the bow. (Ep.12)

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.

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ZB-53 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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Anglerfish Team finding a rusted 38(t) in the wilderness with two ZB-53 silhouettes sticking out. (Ep.2)

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Turtle Team's restored 38(t) with the two ZB-53s. While student council president Anzu Kadotani does have a small frame, she's also further from the camera and isn't that small. (Ep.2)

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The ZB-53 at the bow of the 38(t). (Ep.6)

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The 38(t) in the snow with its ZB-53 machine guns. (Ep.9)

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The interior of the 38(t) with the ZB-53 inside visible. (OVA #7)

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British Besa tank machine gun - 7.92×57mm Mauser

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St. Gloriana's Churchill Mk.IV tank with coaxial and bow mounted Besa machine guns. (Ep.4)

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A Matilda II tank with a coaxial Besa machine gun. (Ep.4)

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 machine guns on bow and coaxial.

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Browning M1919A4 - .30-06 Springfield

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Rabbit Team's M3 Lee tank with its coaxial M1919A4 MG on the top of the image. (Ep.2)

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Saunders' Sherman tanks with M1919s on bow and coaxial mounts. (Ep.4)

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Saunders' Sherman tanks with M1919s attacking Ōarai tanks. (Ep.5)

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The M1919 inside Alisa's Sherman tank, to the left of the loader. (Ep.6)

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The coaxial M1919 on Rabbit Team's M3 Lee tank. (Ep.11)

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The M3 Lee fires its coaxial machine gun. (Ep.12)

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The M1919 inside the M3 Lee tank, next to the tank's commander, Azusa Sawa. (Ep.12)

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A M3 Stuart tank is fitted with M1919 machine guns. (OVA #1)

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The M3 Lee fires its coaxial M1919. (OVA #7)

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 machine guns for tanks)

Type 91 Light Machine Gun, differs from Type 11 with no stock and 1.5x scope - 6.5x50mm Arisaka

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The Type 89 tank with a Type 91 MG on its bow. (Ep.2)

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Taeko Kondou holding the Type 91 inside the tank at bottom left. (Ep.2)

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As Noriko Isobe reloads the cannon, we can see the back Type 91 from the inside. (Ep.2)

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The Type 91 inside the Type 89 tank. (Ep.3)

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Mako in the Type 89's driver seat near the Type 91. (Ep.7)

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Taeko aiming the Type 91 inside the Type 89. (Ep.11)

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The two Type 91s of the Type 89 can be seen on the outside here. (Ep.11)

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The Type 89 with both Type 91 exteriors visible, with the rear one firing during an exercise. (OVA #7)

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Akebi Sasaki mans the rear Type 91 to combat the L3/35s. (OVA #7)

Type 97 Light Machine Gun

Anteater Team's Type 3 Chi-Nu has a Type 97 light machine gun as a secondary weapon.

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Type 97 light machine gun in tank configuration - 7.7x58mm Arisaka

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The Type 3 tank with a Type 97 MG on the bow. (Ep.10)

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Anteater Team and Miho with the Type 3 tank and its Type 97. (Ep.10)

Degtyaryov DT

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.

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DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

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Several T-34s with DT machine guns on the bows. (Ep.8)

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Two T-34s with DT machine guns on the bows. (Ep.8)

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A T-34 with a DT machine gun on its bow. (Ep.9)

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T-34s pursuing the Ōarai tanks fire their bow-mounted DTs, presumibly for intimidation. (Ep.9)

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A KV-2 tank with a DT machine gun on its bow. (OVA #5)

Reibel machine gun

Mallard Team's French Char B1 bis tank is equipped with a Reibel Machine Gun as a secondary weapon.

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Reibel machine gun - 7.5x54 French

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The Char B1 bis tank with a Reibel MG coaxial mounted to the turret. (Ep.8)

Bren gun

An armored personnel carrier for St. Gloriana's Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe is seen with a Bren gun mounted on it.

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Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber

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The Bren mounted on the armored car behind Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe. (OVA #7)

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.

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Breda Modello 38 tank mounted machine gun - 8x59mm RB Breda

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An Anzio L3/35 tank parades through an Italian festival. (OVA #7)

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The Italian P40 tank, which should have a coaxial Breda. (OVA #7)

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A Semovente, P40, and L3/35 in a line. The Semovente does not have its top mounted Breda Machine gun, but the P40 has it as a coaxial mount and the L3/35 as a main armament. (OVA #7)

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A L3/35 battles with a Type 89 tank with its two Breda 38s. (OVA #7)

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A wrecked L3/35 with its Breda gun ports sticking upwards. (OVA #7)

Browning M2

A M2 Browning can be seen on some vehicles.

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Browning M2HB - .50 BMG

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A M2 Browning can be made out on top of the M10 Tank Destroyer scale model tank. (Ep.5)

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M2 Browning on an APC to the left of Instructor Ami. (Ep.6)

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A M2 Browning on a Sherman tank in an animated scene from Kelly's Heroes. (Ep.10)

Ckm wz.30

A Polish 7TP tank is seen with two Ckm wz.30, one for each of its two turrets. It's not exactly clear what use a tank whose only armament is machine guns would be against other tanks.

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Ckm wz.30 with tripod - 8x57mm IS

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An utterly demolished 7TP with two Ckm wz.30 sticking out of it. (Ep.6)

Maxim MG08

A German A7V tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with Maxim MG08 machine guns seen on it.

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Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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A German A7V tank with multiple MG08 machineguns on its sides. (Ep.1)

Hotchkiss Mk.I

A British Medium Mark A Whippet tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with Hotchkiss Mk.I machineguns seen on it.

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Hotchkiss Mk.I - .303 British

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A Medium Mark A Whippet tank with four Hotchkiss Mk.I on the turrent (one on each side). (Ep.1)

Lewis Gun

A British Mark IV tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with a Lewis Gun seen on it.

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Lewis Gun - .303 British

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A Mark IV tank with a Lewis gun behind the side cannon. (Ep.1)