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   Profile One of the heirs to the Nishizumi school of armored warfare, Miho was once a student at Kuromorimine Girls' High School, and served as their Sensha-do team's executive officer under her older sister Maho, and her mother Shiho. Following an accident during a match in which Miho acted to save her personnel, which cost her school the victory, Miho transferred to Ooarai Girls' Academy in her second year.

   When Ooarai revived its Sensha-do team, Miho was chosen as the team's commanding officer, due to her tactical expertise and experience in armored warfare. As one of the original team members of Ooarai's Sensha-do team, she is a tank commander of a Panzer IV medium tank.

   Appearance Miho is a medium-sized girl with short, light brown hair and light brown eyes. She bears a striking physical resemblance to her older sister.

   Miho typically wears Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. During battle, she wears the school's Sensha-dō uniform. When she been student of Kuromorimine girls Academy she wear Kuromorimine uniforms instead. In less formal situations and at home, she has worn assorted casual wear; notably, she wore a yellow dress with white sleeves when she visited her home. Miho is 158 cm tall.

   Miho typically wears Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. During battle, she wears the school's Sensha-dō uniform. In less formal situations and at home, she has worn assorted casual wear; notably, she wore a yellow dress with white sleeves when she visited her home.

   As with most of the members of Ooarai's Sensha-dō team, she has performed the Anko Dance while wearing the costume to go with it.

   Personality Miho is known for her cheerful and polite demeanor, occasional shyness, and also as a highly talented Sensha-dō commander. During every Sensha-dō match she becomes serious, calm, and decisive. Her hobby is collecting bandaged teddy bears called Boko, of which she already has a lot in her apartment and her room back in the Nishizumi Family house.

   At the start of the series, Miho was trying to distance herself from Sensha-dō due to her recent negative experience in it, but chose —after some coercion by the Student Council— to take it up with her friends. She gradually starts to enjoy it again, but holds tight to her belief that one's comrades are more important than victory, and is willing to accept defeat if it means protecting them from harm.

   One of her most important traits is without doubt her loyalty to her friends, being ready to do everything for their sake (such as when she saved her teammate's life, or agreeing to join Ooarai's Sensha-dō team when her friends were being threatened for supporting her). This loyalty can also be directed to her new school, as when she learned that defeat in the tournament would mean that Ooarai would close, she became determined to do her best to achieve victory. Also, although they have taken different paths, she still loves her sister and holds her in high regard.

   Miho is also shown to occasionally be clumsy and forgetful. She has forgotten to lock her apartment door on a few occasions, and even walked into a lamppost when she was absorbed in a conversation with her friends.

   Trivia Miho's favorite tank is the German Panzer II light tank - specifically, the Ausf. E and F versions. Miho's birthday is October 23rd. Miho's three sizes are 82-56-84 (cm), or 32-22-33 (in) - a near-perfect hourglass figure. Miho keeps a Panzerfaust in her bedroom at the Nishizumi manor in Kumamoto. The Panzerfaust ("tank fist" in German) was a single-shot, man-portable anti-tank weapon system created by Nazi Germany.

   Profile Saori is a second year student at Ooarai Girls' Academy. In Sensha-Do, she serves as the dedicated radio operator of Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV, and is also the overall signals officer for the entire team.

   As of Das Finale, Saori also serves as the PR representative of Ooarai's student council.

   Appearance Saori is a medium-sized girl with long ginger colored slightely curly hair with a fringe and light brown eyes. In one episode it is revealed she wears contact lenses, and that she uses eyeglasses at home or doing chores. Together with Aya Oono, she is the only Ooarai character to wear black thigh highs, giving her a somewhat more stylish appearance. She have medium sized breasts, and is seen to wear Oarai uniform. Saori is 157 cm tall.

   Personality Saori is known for her cheerful and bubbly personality and also as a good chatter. She is interested in seeking out good-looking men to be her boyfriend therefore she hardly push herself to made impression on mens, and claims to be an expert in the art of love and romance, but it is later revealed that she has never actually dated anyone, despite her enthusiasm and charm, and fact cooking and housekeeping are among her talents as well. She coined Miho's nickname "Miporin" and is popular among the first year students of the Rabbit Team, toward whom she acts like a big sister. While she is usually the first to end up complaining about a given situation and undergo a change of mood among her team, she's also notably good at diverting negative thinking. Especially in the first episodes, she notices quickly when Miho is feeling uneasy and accordingly changes the subject to prevent her from being confronted with bad memories (e.g. when Miho states she isn't very talented in Sensha-Dō compared to her sister and mother, when Ami Chōno asks Miho about her sister, or when Maho Nishizumi is interviewed in a TV show presented in the tank store). Generally, Saori seems to have a very good understanding of her comrades' emotions and is a trustful friend, often being the first to offer advice or support.

   Trivia Saori's favorite flowers are pink roses, and her favorite tank is the US M26 Pershing heavy tank. Saori's birthday ia June 22nd. Outside of sensha-do, Saori also practices yoga, cooking and types emails.

   Profile Hana is a second year student from Ooarai Girls Academy, who comes from a family well known for ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. In sensha-do, she serves as the gunner of Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV.

   As of Das Finale, Hana is also the student council president at Ooarai.

   Appearance Hana is a tall, beautiful, smiling and elegant girl with hip-length black hair that has a longer strand of hair where it gives her a slightly cuter side then what was previously designed of her on the front left side of her head with bangs swept to the right side and dark-grey eyes. Hana is 163 cm tall.

   Personality Hana is a gentle, soft, relatively quiet girl; only on rare occasions do her emotions get the better of her (for example, when regaining consciousness after being knocked unconscious during the practice match). Her bold yet quiet and steady temperment is shown on several occasions, and is often remarked upon admiringly by Yukari Akiyama. She is shown as highly loyal to her friends, having no fears, together with Saori standing up for Miho when she was being pressured to join the fledging Sensha-Dō team. In spite of her polite manners, Hana is capable of putting her foot down when she feels she is doing the right thing, as shown when she refused to heed her mother's orders to forsake Sensha-Dō, despite her love and respect for her. Despite being all but disowned by her mother, she nevertheless maintained her happy, positive outlook, not showing any particular sign of distress or grief.

   Her hobby is Ikebana; while she is highly skilled in that activity, she felt there was something missing, and that her style lacked strength. She took up Sensha-Dō because she felt it might give her what she lacked, and in the end she is proven right, coming up with a style that couples the previous cleanliness and order with her Sensha-Dō derived strength and boldness (as her own mother admitted).

   Trivia Hana's favorite flower is the wisteria, and her favorite tank is the Italian Carro Veloce L3/33 tankette. Hana likes the CV33, as she feels it resembles an ideal vase for creating flower arrangements. Hana's birthday ia December 16th. Hana is one of two people to be receptive to Assam's jokes (with the other being Kay from Saunders). Hana has a large appetite, and is noted to consume larger portions at mealtimes compared to her teammates. Hana has a high spice tolerance, able to consume many shots of the non-alcoholic Spicy Habanero Club Rum at Donzoko Bar.

   Profile If it's wearing Dunkelgrau or olive drab, Yukari Akiyama's likely to go nuts over it. She's a card-carrying military geek, collecting, researching, and appreciating anything from the world's armed forces. From the world's most powerful weapons to the most humble of army equipment, Yukari has likely seen it - and knows a thing or two about it.

   Being passionate about the armed forces doesn't come with a lot of perks, though. When you're the only person in the room who looks, sounds, and has the same interests as most boys - except, you're a girl - growing up can be lonely. More often than not, Yukari was alone in her love for military memorabilia - until the school's sensha-do team was revived.

   Now under Miho Nishizumi's command, Yukari's life has changed for the better. She's Anglerfish Team's loader. She's also Ooarai's reconnaissance specialist, sneaking aboard rival school carriers to gather intelligence on their tanks, tactics, and team dynamics. But most importantly, she's finally found the place where she can be herself, surrounded by those who care about her.

   Appearance Yukari has a medium build, with messy, fluffy dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She is usually seen wearing the Ooarai school uniform, and tends to dress in more boyish clothes on days off. Yukari is 157 cm.

   During Sensha-do practice and in matches, Yukari wears the blue Ooarai sensha-do jacket, and also wears black gloves when handling ammunition.

   As a child, Yukari had extremely short hair (similar to a boy's), styled in a punch perm. She grew her hair out in middle school as perms were not allowed.

   Personality Yukari has a cheerful personality and is a dedicated tank enthusiast. Her hobby is collecting scale models of tanks, as well as relics from tanks and wars like wheels, tracks, jerrycans, shells, and uniforms. She has a great respect for Miho, and habitually refers to her as "Nishizumi-dono". She even remembered Miho's vital statistics, such as her three sizes from Water War! OVA.

   Trivia Yukari's favorite flower are dandelions, and her favorite tank is the Polish 7TP light tank - specifically, the "dw", or twin-turret version. She also thinks highly of the Soviet T-34 series, calling it "the best medium tank of World War II" in her miniseries. Yukari's birthday is June 6th, the anniversary of the Normandy landings of WWII. Code-named "Operation Neptune", this was the official beginning of the larger "Operation Overlord", the campaign to liberate western Europe from Nazi control. Involving an extensive aerial and naval bombardment, and the deployment of thousands of airborne and seaborne infantry, the operation successfully established five beachheads in Normandy, northwestern France. When Yukari gets busted by Naomi while infiltrating Saunders University High School, she calls herself "Sergeant Oddball", a reference to the Sherman tank commander played by Donald Sutherland in Kelly's Heroes (1970). Yukari has an especially deep respect for Miho, almost to the point of a crush. She addresses her as "Nishizumi-dono", and even memorized the latter's three-sizes when they went swimsuit shopping. Despite Yukari's parents running a barbershop, her hair will always return to its messy form regardless of whichever hairstyle she adopts.

   Profile Mako is a second year student from Ooarai Girls Academy who is also the driver of the Anglerfish Team and drives a Panzer IV. Saori said she has hypotension [low blood pressure levels], which Mako often uses as an excuse for being late to school or falling asleep during class. According to Midoriko Sono's record, Mako was late for class 251 times, absent for 12 times and authorized absent for 5 times.

   Appearance Mako is a short girl with waist-length thick black hair that has bangs covering her forehead, a white headband and dark hazel eyes. Usually she just wears her school uniform. Mako is 145 cm tall.

   Personality Mako is well known for her being moody, sometimes seem expressionless. She's also scared of heights, Hisako Reizei's (Mako's grandmother) nagging (but she loves her grandmother very much and she wishes to graduate as soon as possible so she can look after her) and ghosts. She has a habit of cutting classes (so much that her original intention of joining Senshadou was just so she can get enough permissions for coming late to school) and calling Midoriko Sono "Sodoko". She's also very sleepy due to a medical problem - low blood pressure, and she really hates early mornings, believing it is impossible to wake up at 6 a.m. despite many other people being able to do so. However she has been known to not sleep at night, when she is very active. Despite her laziness and moodiness, she's also a genius, as she was able to become the top student of her class even when she's always late, and she was able to become an exceptional tank driver just by glimpsing at the tank manual for a few seconds.

   Trivia Mako's favorite flowers are olive blossoms, and her favorite tank is the German Panzer V "Panther" medium tank. Mako's birthday is September 1st. Prior to joining Sensha-do, Mako had chosen calligraphy as her extra-curricular activity. She only switched to Sensha-do after being reminded that she didn't have enough credits to promote to the next grade, due to being late to school too many times. Mako's biggest fears are heights, ghosts, and her grandmother. Mako is the only other person besides Katyusha to have rode on Nonna's shoulders. Mako is skilled at horseback riding.

   Profile Anzu is a third-year student from Ooarai Girls Academy. Since she see it as possible way how to set back closure of Oarai Girls Academy to win 63rd National High School Senshado Tournament, she initiated reintroduction of Ooarai's Sensha-dō Club and became the commander, radio operator and later gunner of Turtle Team. Her team operates a Czech Panzer 38(t), later modified into a Hetzer during the battle against Kuromorimine Girls Academy.

   Appearance Anzu is a short girl with a long twin ponytail tied by black little ribbons , light brown hair and a pair of brown eyes. She is seen to wear Oarai school uniform or Oarai Sensha-do uniform. Anzu is 142 cm tall.

   Personality Anzu is well known for her manipulative personality, and is quite talented at getting others to do what she wants. Sometimes she seems to be quite cold and aloof, but most of time she is remarkably hyperactive, for example when forcing Miho Nishizumi to join the Sensha-dō team, much to the latter's reluctance. However, she was later revealed to actually be kindhearted and friendly, with her apparent imperiousness being motivated by her strong interest in the school's survival. She is mostly shown to be cheerful, talkative, smiling and cheeky regardless of the situation, often upon the point of seeming carelessness. She is also famous for being quite lazy and indolent, always relaxing and fooling around while making others (especially Yuzu) take care of administrative work and other tasks.

   However, she always lends support when people get in trouble, and she has shown herself to be quite determined and a quick learner, when the situation calls for it. She is also a surprisingly good leader, and behind her laziness is also a sort of management style, as she can micromanage everything effectively in her laid-back style.

   She is also notorious for loving sweet dried potatoes, which she is frequently seen eating, especially during Sensha-dō matches.

   Trivia It is stated that Anzu, along with Yuzu Koyama and Momo Kawashima, already joined the student council in their first year. Anzu's favorite flower is sunflowers, and her favorite tank is the T28 Super Heavy Tank. In nearly all episodes, including the OVAs', Anzu is seen enjoying dried potatoes, which proves her love for the food. In the first episode, when Anzu pressured Miho Nishizumi to join the revived Sensha-dō team, she remarked, "If you don't join, you won't be here for long." Miho, Hana Isuzu and Saori Takebe assumed that this was a transparent threat of expulsion if they didn't give in to her request, but it later turned out that she was ominously referring to the danger of the school being closed at the end of the year if they didn't win the Tournament, or even join the Sensha-dō club. Anzu's remark is often mistranslated in English as a variant of "Keep saying that and you'll get expelled", which isn't what she really meant. When Anzu served as the gunner during the second half of Pravda match, she showed a marksman's ability, almost rivaling Hana's own talent. She is shown to have only missed one shot whilst attacking Pravda's vanguard tank. Even though she only managed to immobilize two tanks, the other tanks did suffer damage, which delayed their objective of joining Pravda's main force. Anzu is often called “Prez” by her fellow students which is short for “President“. Anzu is good at cooking, as shown in the second OVA. Anzu's birthday is January.

   Profile Momo is a third year student from Ooarai Girls High School. She's also long-term Vice Commander, the temporarily official Overall commander and the former PR manager of her school's student council. She started as the gunner and loader of Turtle Team, and when its Panzer 38(t) was converted into a Hetzer she took her definitive position of loader.

   Appearance Momo is a girl with middle-length black hair and dark eyes. She wears a right eye round square monacle glasses with grey frames but without top frames. She is seen to wear Oarai uniform, the personal addornment of a black "choker" necklace ribbon and personalizes her uniform with a neckerchief that has pointed tips rather than the typical squared-off tips. Momo is 164 cm tall.

   Personality At the beginning, Momo appears to have a very cool and strict personality, barely showing any emotions. However, she soon reveals a more passionate side, with heated outbursts of indignation, aggression, anxiety, and at times even hysterical despair. These outbursts appear especially during their Sensha-dō matches, but also during training and when drafting tactics for their matches (such as when Miho questioned her strategy's effectiveness). Beneath all else she shows a constant determination to avoid defeat at any cost. These outbursts perhaps contribute to a notoriously poor aiming record of precisely no confirmed hits during her time as gunner.

   The reason for her aggressiveness and quick temper is revealed during Ooarai's match against Pravda, when she snaps at Miho (who had just suggested that surrender might be acceptable), explaining that the school will be closed if the Ooarai Sensha-dō team does not win the national championships. Her devotion to the school, and her desire to save it by winning no matter what, had likely brought her to be so vehement. This is also apparent when, after their victory in the Finals, she tries to thank Miho but instead breaks down in tears from relief.

   She also possesses a softer and kinder side (although it's very difficult to get a glimpse of it), as is shown in a picture of her smiling (implied to be a rare event); she also smiles during a camping trip, although she quickly and vehemently denies it when Yuzu points it out. This kinder side is also shown in her interactions with her family in Das Finale.

   In her role as a member of the student council, she also has a tendency to give longer and more elaborate or formal speeches than is strictly neccessary. It is perhaps as an extension of this tendency that she often nudges Miho forward into a more vocal role as commander of the team, urging her to encourage the team and to keep the team's spirits up.

   In Das Finale it is revealed that Momo was responsible for saving several delinquent students from the Naval Studies Department of Ooarai Girls Academy (who eventually become Shark Team) from expulsion, implying that despite her authoritarian side, she is not without considerable compassion.

   Trivia Momo's favorite flower is the African daisy, and her favorite tank is the German Tiger II heavy tank. Momo's birthday is May 5th. Momo has five younger siblings - four sisters, and a brother. Momo is a skilled ballet dancer. During Ooarai's celebration party, Turtle Team put on a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Momo (as the Black Swan) executed a 32-revolution pirouette. Momo's response to Katyusha's demand for Ooarai's surrender in the championship semi-finals is a reference to US General Anthony McAuliffe's response to a German surrender ultimatum. During the Battle of the Bulge, General McAuliffe's forces were encircled in Bastogne, Belgium. German commander Heinrich von Lüttwitz dispatched a party to demand the American forces' surrender. McAuliffe's official reply was a single word - "NUTS!"

   Profile Yuzu is a third year student from Ooarai Girls Academy. She serves as the vice president of the school's Student Council. She's also the driver of Turtle Team's Panzer 38(t) which is later converted into a Jagdpanzer 38 (t) or Hetzer.

   Appearance Yuzu is a well-endowed girl with dark brown hair, which she usually wears tied with a black ribbon in a medium ponytail, and dark brown eyes. She standartly wear Oarai school uniform. Yuzu is 157 cm.

   Personality Yuzu is well known for her kind and gentle personality, and is usually the one who ends up doing all the work while Anzu slacks off and Momo gives orders; she seems to tolerate it, although she has shown some desire for help (as when the newfound tanks were cleaned). She has a close relationship with the rest of the Student Council, having served together for some time and had many profound moments. Her relationship with Momo is particularly close, and she often refers to her as 'Momo-chan', a nickname Momo seems to dislike. She also on occasion teases Momo about her poor accuracy during matches.

   Despite her kind and patient demeanor, Yuzu can be pushed to the point of genuine anger; an occurrence which occurs about once a year, according to Anzu. During this time, she basically sulks and ignores the person vexing her, not unlike a child expressing displeasure at someone. However, her kind personality invariably wins out, and she can be placated by the offender being deliberately kind to her. In Momo's case, during Chapter 28 of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, this was by buying Chaux Ice Cream Puffs for Yuzu to eat.

   Trivia Yuzu's favorite flower is Daffodil and her favorite tank is the Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha. Yuzu has a younger sister and four younger brothers. Yuzu's birthday is November 3.

   Profile Prim. Poised. Perfectly calm under fire. Such are words used to describe Darjeeling, and yet they only scrape the surface of one of the most skilled commanding officers in the high school division. The current head of St. Gloriana's Tea Garden, Darjeeling embodies the ideal that all St. Gloriana students strive to attain. Teacup in hand, Churchill at the ready, she's the reason why St. Gloriana is a well-respected and esteemed institution in the world of sensha-do.

   Beneath the surface, however, lies a battle-hardened, wily combat leader. Forged through tough training by her predecessor, Darjeeling brings great wisdom to any battle. Well-read and intelligent, her vast knowledge allows her to devise plans and overcome any who might stand in her way.

   If there's one thing in which Darjeeling falters in - it's curbing her enthusiasm. That facade, known for rarely ever breaking even under armor-piercing fire, caves when it comes to all things British, or the latest pop culture. I once had the fortune to be invited to one of her afternoon teas - and everything she served started with the letter 'S'. Scones, salmon finger sandwiches, strawberry Victoria sponge. It wasn't until much later that I found out from her trusted lieutenant, that she had just discovered the meme known as 'Cool S'. Hence, the 'S'-themed tea. I was wondering where she had gotten the idea of pairing all those things with sencha. And why she was so obsessed with talking about the latest Super Mario movie.

   If you meet her, tarry a while, for she makes for some great conversation. Don't stay too long, though. You might find yourself succumbing to her charms before you know it.

   Appearance Darjeeling is an attractive girl of average height and build, with long flaxen blonde hair and light blue eyes. She braids her hair and ties them into double low buns. Darjeeling is 158 cm tall.

   Darjeeling is usually seen wearing the St. Gloriana uniform. While practicing sensha-do, Darjeeling dons the school's red uniform.

   Personality Darjeeling is well known for her calm and chivalrous personality. She has a great many personal mottos, most of which are lifted from famous poets, playwrights and authors. Two examples of these are: "No matter how fast we go, or no matter how many hits we take, I will never spill my tea." and "An Englishwoman abandons her morals in love and war" (a variation of the popular proverb "All's fair in love and war.") She's also shown to really like drinking tea, and is nicknamed after the Darjeeling tea (like all other "foreign-themed" characters in the show, she's actually Japanese) like most people in her school whose nicknames are based on different kinds of tea. She tends to use puzzling idioms a lot, some of which even Orange Pekoe, her trusted lieutenant and loader, and apparent best friend, can't understand.

   In the spin-off manga Girls und Panzer - Motto Love Love Sakusen desu!, she's shown to be very easily influenced by novels and media, going as far as to trying to recreate a scene in a love novel with Orange Pekoe and posing as a maid while offering a (horrendous) maid service to her teammates Orange Pekoe and Assam, as well as the Anglerfish Team, after being influenced by the popular anime line "Do you want a bath? Do you want dinner? Or... Darjeeling?". She's also shown to have a strong obsession of weird things as long as they're symbolically English, like eel jelly or "driving" a coach. She is also shown to be quite vague at times, such as asking questions like "what is lottery?" and referring an amusement corner as paradise. However, of course, these character traits may or may not be canon.

   Trivia Darjeeling's favorite flowers are blue roses, and her favorite tanks are the British A41 Centurion and Challenger 1 main battle tanks. Darjeeling's birthday is September 17th. Darjeeling's soul name comes from Darjeeling tea, which is named after the region it is grown in West Bengal, eastern India. Darjeeling has a younger sister. As of recent, Darjeeling is the only commander from a major sensha-do school whom Ooarai has yet to defeat in an official battle.

   Profile Orange Pekoe is a first year student from St. Gloriana Girls College. She is the loader of her school's Sensha-Dō team's Churchill Mk.VII.

   Appearance Orange Pekoe is a pretty, clear faced girl with long ginger hair and light blue eyes. She wears her hair in two braids tied in twist buns with two little inconspicuous black bows on sides. She is ordinary seen to wear St. Gloriana school or Sensha-do uniform, with or without nylons. Orange Pekoe is 144 cm tall.

   Personality Orange Pekoe is always seen as a fairly quiet, closed, considerate character, both inside and outside of battle. She seems to be younger than her superior, Darjeeling, and doesn't seem to share her commander's utter sense of calm and control. She is very close to Darjeeling, but she loads the shells with precision. She is usually the victim to Darjeeling's words of wisdom, many of which she doesn't seem to understand.

   She is also said to be very skilled at making tea.

   Trivia Orange Pekoe's favorite flowers are orange roses, and her favorite tank is the British Cruiser Mk. VI, also known as the Crusader. Orange Pekoe's birthday is July 10th. Orange Pekoe's soul name comes from a system used to grade dried black tea leaves, in particular teas from Sri Lanka, India, and countries other than China. Orange Pekoe knows Morse code. In the Omake episode 'Mini Pekoe' of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, Orange Pekoe turned out to have a younger cousin who bears a striking resemblance to her. Assam decided to name the cousin 'Mini Pekoe' from the fact that she looks like a mini version of the Original Orange Pekoe, and Darjeeling tries to give Mini-Pekoe a piggyback ride. Not so soon however, it turned out that everything happened before in the episode were Orange Pekoe's dream when she briefly became unconscious, due to Darjeeling's terrible attempts at trying to give Orange Pekoe a piggyback ride. Although Mini Pekoe turned out to be a fictional being in the world of Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she later appears in more Omake episodes as the protagonist, which all have a twist in the end, revealing that the episode was just someone's dream.

   Profile Assam believes that wars are won through knowing thy enemy. Infiltration, eavesdropping, and data collection - she does it all, as St. Gloriana Girls' College's intelligence specialist. All that knowledge goes towards one objective - ensuring that the guns of St. Gloriana's tanks strike true on their targets. When called to battle, Assam tips the scales in St. Gloriana's favor from the turret of their Churchill infantry tank. A keen gunner, she knows where to strike to bring her team closer to victory.

   Outside the tank, Assam carries herself with the grace and poise of a St. Gloriana lady - albeit, with a penchant for bad jokes. That being said, Assam is also one of the more level-headed members of St. Gloriana's inner circle, which only begs the question: just how eccentric are the rest of the members of their "Tea Garden"?

   Appearance Assam has a slim build, with long pale blonde hair, and light purple eyes. She ties her hair back with a large black ribbon, revealing a widow's peak hairline. Assam is 150 cm tall.

   She usually dresses in the regular St. Gloriana's uniform, and accessorizes it with black nylon tights. In combat, Assam wears St. Gloriana's red uniform.

   Trivia Assam's favorite flowers are miniature roses, and her favorite tank is the British Cruiser Mk. VIII, also known as the Challenger. Assam's birthday is December 10th. Assam's soul name comes from Assam tea, which is named after the Indian region it comes from. Assam has an older brother.

   Rosehip is a first year student at St. Gloriana Girls College and the Commander of their Crusader Tank Platoon.

   Appearance She is a girl of average height, with medium length wavy pinkish red hair and amber eyes. She is seen to wear St. Gloriana Sensha-do uniform, and high boots. Rosehip is 154 cm tall.

   Personality She is very energetic, spontanious, extrovert, noisy and is a speedy runner, doing everything fast to complete tasks as soon as possible and, in some situations, like eating, to finish first. She never restrains herself when going after something, not caring about failure or what others may say if she doesn't behave in a way that is socially approved by them. According to Darjeeling this trait is something that St. Gloriana's Sensha-dō and its members naturally lack, and hence she is sometimes jealous of Rosehip. However, Rosehip naturally lacks the gracefulness, elegance and manners of a typical St. Gloriana Student; because of this, Darjeeling gave her a special table-manners class.

   Trivia Like other students from St. Gloriana, she is named after a drinking extract. Her name came from "rose hip tea", which is an extract from rose hip. While "rose hip tea" does not actually have the vivid color of the tea she drinks while in battle, the color does reference it. Implied to come from a "lower-class" family in many of the derivative works. This could explain her much less tactful personality in comparison to the majority of the St. Gloriana members, and why she frequently spills her tea. She is said to have seven brothers. This could also attribute to her personality. Rosehip frequently displays aggression on an insanely reckless scale. She is not afraid to charge down any enemy, with or without support. Darjeeling's most common battlefield instruction to Rosehip is "Come back!". Rosehip's Crusader Mk.III has a speed governor on it, a mechanical feature that was installed on the Crusader (as well as many other tanks) to increase the life of the tank's drivetrain. However, in this case the governor may also serve to restrain Rosehip's excitement and lessen the chances of her losing control of her tank. Removing said governor during the match against the All-Stars University Team allowed her to take down the enemy Chaffee. Historically, tank crews did occasionally remove their tank's governor, and the increase in speed was often quite significant. She usually ends her sentences with ですわ (desu wa), a typical idiosyncratic speech pattern of girls from high society. She is also a mechanic of the Crusaders.

   Profile Kay is a student from Saunders University High School. She is the overall commander of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates a U.S. M4 Sherman.

   Appearance Kay is a girl with long blonde hair and a pair of light blue eyes. Like all Saunders' students she wears the school's uniform, save for the jacket, with a loosened tie and with the sleeves rolled up, with a pair of long, white stockings in place of the usual short grey ones worn by the other schoolgirls and with full black lace-up shoes. She also can be seen to wear black shirt with denim shorts and with khaki army jacket in U.S.A. style. Kay is 158 cm tall.

   Personality Kay is well known for her extroverted, playful and slightly abrasive personality, often appearing boastful and rude, though it is obvious that she is really friendly and well-intentioned, and it's easy to make her laugh. Unlike her teammates, especially Alisa, she has a strong sense of fair play and sportsmanship, and refused to field all of her tanks in a counterattack during the match with Ooarai after she discovered Alisa's treachery which consisted of hacking Ooarai radio communications. This decision ultimately lost Saunders the match, but Kay didn't seem disappointed or upset in the slightest when defeated, showing that while she obviously loves Panzerfahren, she doesn't take it or herself quite as seriously as some of the other commanders. She plays for fun, not necessarily to win at all costs. In another hand she show disappointment about Alisa, when she need to talk with her about her actions later.

   Trivia Kay's favorite flowers are lupins, and her favorite tank is the US M4 Sherman medium tank. Kay's birthday is January 17th. The English version of Kay's name could be inspired by the following: Kay often uses English phrases in her regular speech. Outside of sensha-do, Kay enjoys throwing parties. Kay is a big eater, and can swallow half a hamburger in a single bite. Kay's hometown, Sasebo, is known for American-style hamburgers, a tradition dating to the local presence of American sailors in the 1950s. Kay has two younger siblings - a brother and a sister. According to Alisa, Kay's bust size is 85D (Japan/EU), or 38C (US).

   Profile Alisa is a student at Saunders University High School. She is the vice-commander and radio operator of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates the US M4A1(76)W Sherman. She is also Saunders strategist.

   Appearance Alisa is a short girl with brown hair tied up into short pigtails by hairclips shaped as a yellow five-pointed stars, with dark brown eyes, and with slight freckles. Most of time she is seen to wear Saunders school or Sensha-do uniform. Alisa is 148 cm tall.

   Personality Alisa is well known for her short temper and manipulative personality, and has no qualms about stretching the sensha-dō rules to achieve victory. She has trouble maintaining her composure under fire and can easily get rattled, unnerving her tank crew. She has been referred to by several rivals as having an attitude akin to the one of a spoiled princess.

   She appears to be very sensitive, as when people mention or try to comfort her about a relationship with a boy called Takashi, she even has a mental breakdown in the anime, she expresses how upset she is that he doesn't reciprocate her feelings and likes another girl. Her emotional state is also mentioned during the movie. However, in the spin-off manga, Ribbon Warrior, Alisa mentions having a boyfriend to Shizuka in their first meeting. It is possible however that she may be lying in order to impress people.

   She had a tantrum during the match against Ooarai Girls Academy, seemingly brought upon by a group of inexperienced underdogs with outdated tanks getting the better of her. This tantrum had a deleterious effect on all her crewmen, with her driver and bow-gunner visibly shaken, a worried and annoyed loader, and the gunner essentially telling her to shut up, albeit in a deferential manner. Miho Nishizumi later noted that these factors directly contributed to the Sherman being unable to defend itself properly.

   Trivia Her favorite flower is the anemone and her favorite tank is the U.S. M1 Abrams. Curiously, it seems that Kay was unaware of Alisa's use of radio tapping with disagree with, until she was told about it, which seems strange given that Alisa's tank was outfitted for that purpose. In all likelihood, the cheerful and somewhat-naïve Kay most likely believed that Alisa had an excellent sense of intuition, where Alisa acted independently in installing radio-intercepting equipment in her tank. It is rumoured that she was going to ask a guy out. We see this in Girls und Panzer der Film when Rabbit team talk to Alisa about her love. Also she does mention a name unheard of in the original Girls und Panzer (Takashi, a masculine name), during the Saunders vs Ooarai match in the first round. Also in Ep 1 of Das Finale she says “maybe he’ll notice me”.

   Profile Naomi is a student and Vice Captain from Saunders University High School. She's the gunner of her school's Sensha-dō team and she operates a British Sherman Firefly.

   Appearance Naomi is a girl with a short grey brown hair and a pair of light brown eyes. She appears to be the tallest member of the Saunders Sensha-dō team. Naomi is 165 cm tall.

   Personality Naomi is well known for her calm and introverted personality. She's usually seen chewing some bubble gum. Anyways she is well skilled in Sensha-do.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's shown to be very romantic and attractive... towards the girls (However, this may not be canon).

   Like Kay, she seems to like pranking Alisa, like eating her hamburger while she's still holding it, during Valentine Day she ask a chocolate from Alisa and receive only a cheap chocolate and in exchange she gave her an expensive chocolate box just to make feel guilty or scaring the hell out of her during Christmas.

   Trivia Her favourite flower is the Forget-me-not and her favourite tank is the U.S. M36 Tank Destroyer. Despite being the gunner, she appears to be a platoon commander within the Saunders team, though Episode 6 shows a separate commander for the Firefly. In the match, she seems to have quite high shot accuracy. Naomi has an older sister.

   Profile Anchovy is a student from Anzio Girls High School, and is the overall commander of her school's Sensha-Dō team; she operates an Italian Carro Armato P40 and the Carro Veloce CV.33. Her real name is Chiyomi Anzai.

   In the anime she made only two brief non-speaking appearances in Episode 7, the first time as a mental image when brought up by Yuzu Koyama and the second time after the match against Ooarai Girls Academy is over, showing her collapsing in defeat on her tank to represent Ooarai's victory as the match is not depicted in any episode.

   She had a more prominent role in the manga, appearing in Chapters 7 to 9. While initially she gave quite a negative impression, after the match, she was shown in a somewhat better light, desiring victory for her team rather than for herself.

   Anchovy appeared prominently in the OVA, depicted in a somewhat different way; while she is still hot-blooded, determined and a little bit too self-confident, she is not rude towards her opponents and especially towards Miho Nishizumi, on the contrary, she proved polite and courteous, to the point of throwing parties before and after matches declaring it to be Anzio's way of living sensha-Dō.

   Appearance Anchovy is a girl with long pale green hair tied into twin ponytails and red-brown eyes. She uses contact lens. During matches she wears a uniform combining elements of the one of the Italian Fascist militia (Mvs.N, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale), of the one usually worn by Benito Mussolini and the one of the Arditi WWI corps. She notably carries a crop, expressing anger when Pepperoni used it to kill a fly, as seen on the spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!. During regular school time and sensha-Dō club meetings, she dresses in the Anzio student uniform, a white long sleeve T-shirt, a black pleated skirt, black tie and additionally a black mantle, which is her unique characteristic. During class, wears glasses and goes without ponytails to disguise herself among other Anzio students to the point of passing unrecognizable, even by her Vice-Commanders. Anchovy revealed how she disguises herself to pepperoni, so it's not an effective disguise anymore. Anchovy is 156 cm tall.

   Personality In the manga, Anchovy is known for being hot-blooded (proven by her angry and loud reaction to defeat), arrogant, self-assured and very demanding; she strongly believes that the only thing that matters in Sensha-Dō is victory, and thus is very scornful to anyone who allegedly 'ran away' from battle. However, despite this, she does care about her subordinates and comrades; in fact, when Miho Nishizumi told her that her comrades are more important than victory, she countered that, if she cares that much, she should understand that the leader's duty is to bring her team victory, in her opinion. Also, as proved by her apology to Carpaccio, she views the loss as her own personal failure as the commander, instead of blaming her team.

   In the OVA, her personality is rather different; while keeping her determination and a bit of her arrogance (bluntly stating to Miho that no matter if she was a Nishizumi, Anzio would win), she is not at all rude, wishing for a fair fight and gracefully admitting to her defeat in the end. In battle, she has proven to be a capable tactician, although when her plan failed (due to her subordinates' mistakes) she reacted rather impulsively and in the end, in the attempt of knocking out the opponent's flag tank, she walked blindly into a trap. Anchovy is also quite exasperated by her team's lack of focus and love of food, remarking to herself that she might have to work on that, despite her sharing this view to a point (remarking that it was their way of living Sensha-Dō).

   Trivia Anchovy's favorite flower is the daisy, and her favorite tank is the Italian Carro Armato P26/40 heavy tank—this was the "secret weapon" which Anzio had to save up for prior to the quarter-finals against Ooarai, by cutting down on their snack times. Anchovy's birthday is September 23rd. Anchovies are a prized food item in Italy, and have been in use since Roman times. Ironically, despite being named after a fish, Anchovy is a poor swimmer. Anchovy received her nickname from her executive officer Pepperoni. Anchovy often goes by the title Duce ("leader" in Italian), which was the title held by Benito Mussolini during his term in office as Italy's dictator. Anchovy dislikes carrots. Anchovy has a younger brother.

   Profile Carpaccio is a student from Anzio Girls High School; she serves, together with Pepperoni, as the Sensha-dō school team's vice-commander, and she operates a Semovente da 75/18 as its loader. Her real name is Hina.

   She wasn't shown in the anime, but she appeared in Anzio OVA and in the manga in the battle against Ooarai, albeit in a minor part.

   In the Anzio OVA, she was revealed right before the match as Caesar's childhood friend, whom she hadn't met in years, which is significant, because while Carpaccio ended up on school Italian culture, on the other hand, Caesar used name of a famous person as a soulname. Their relationship later plays an important role in behavior of both characters. During the battle, she remained with her Semovente alongside Anchovy's tank until their encounter with Ooarai's main force; as she recognized (due to the team's insignia, that Caesar used as her profile picture) the StuG III as Caesar's tank, she stayed behind with her Semovente and engaged in a heated one-on-one duel. Using the Semovente's smaller silhouette and better agility to counter the StuG's better firepower and protection, Carpaccio proved a match for her rival; the duel ended when both opponents went for a killing shot at point-blank range, taking each other down.

   After the match, Carpaccio and Caesar reaffirmed their friendship, although acknowledging the changes and leaving a little friendly rivalry streak between them.

   Appearance Carpaccio is a smiling tall girl (seemingly taller than Anchovy) with long blonde hair and green eyes. She is often seen wearing either the School or Sensha-do uniform. Similar to the other girls from Anzio, she wears a black beret (not during battle). Carpaccio is 162 cm tall.

   Personality In the manga, Carpaccio is a sweet, polite and quiet girl, contrasting nicely (and perhaps counterbalancing) her commander's hot-blooded character (as shown when she wished a good match after Anchovy's arrogant remarks to Miho); still, she seems to be very loyal towards her "Duce".

   In the OVA, Carpaccio mostly retains her personality, being happy to see her friend again, and expressing the wish (reciprocated by Caesar) to keep the fight fair and their friendship strong. She was also revealed as somewhat competitive and determined, deciding to engage the StuG III after recognizing it as Caesar's tank and fighting to the end of the duel.

   In MLLSD Carpaccio is shown to be quite brave as she was the only one who didn't run when Ooarai girls broke into Anzio to take back Momo Kawashima. Her friendship with Caesar is also portrayed as a romantic one. (It's unclear whether the events in MLLSD are considered canon).

   Trivia Her knife is actually a hair brush. Carpaccio's birthday is December 19th. She has a younger brother. Carpaccio is surprisingly strong as she can defeat two other girls at the same time in arm wrestling. Carpaccio enjoys free climbing as part of her daily routine and her favorite food is lasagna.

   Profile Pepperoni is a student from Anzio Girls High School and, together with Carpaccio, she serves as the Sensha-dō team's vice-commander. She operates a Carro Veloce CV.33.

   She serves as one of Anchovy's vice-commanders and as the commander of Anzio's tankettes. She was first seen at the presentation of Anzio's secret weapon, then during Yukari's infiltration, in which Pepperoni, other than showing her excellent cooking skills, also carelessly blurted out the secret about the 'secret weapon'.

   During the match, she was entrusted with the execution of "Plan Maccaroni", i.e. leaving decoys to lure Ooarai into a trap; however, her carelesness in this task led Miho Nishizumi to guess the trick. Her tankettes were then spotted and engaged by the Duck Team's Type 89B; after a prolonged fight, in which in the end their opponents managed to take down all the tankettes but her own, she was instructed to rejoin with Anchovy with all the remaining forces. However, just as Pepperoni was reaching her, her Carro Veloce was taken out.

   Appearance Pepperoni is a girl of medium height with short, spiky hair (with a braid on the left side) and light brown eyes. During matches, she wears an Italian tanker's helmet (though in Dream Tank Match, she is seen without the helmet.) Pepperoni is 160 cm tall.

   Personality Pepperoni is an extrovert and easy-going girl, who has a tendency of being rash and not thinking things through. While her cheerful personality makes her an excellent companion, her carelessness about her school's secret weapon allowed Yukari to directly guess what it was; also, during the battle she placed all the decoys (even though two were supposed to be spares, and their presence led to Ooarai sniffing the trap), while ironically remarking that battles aren't won by strength alone but also by intelligence.

   She is also rather passionate and aggressive in battle, deciding to attack Duck Team after being pursued by a short while, and relentlessly persevering in the attack until ordered otherwise. However, it could be said that this trait makes her the ideal leader for a unit made up of fast and nimble tankettes.

   Trivia In the OVA and Little Army 2 manga, she has her own food stall and is serving Neapolitan Pasta. In the movie, she turns out to be a super driver as she was able to drive the CV33 on a roller coaster track at top speed while purely relying on steering control, as well as the fact that she was able to skip the tank over a swimming pool to the other end without sinking. Pepperoni's birthday is September 12th. In MLLSD Pepperoni seems to have an obsession about kissing Anchovy. In MLLSD C27 she always wanted to make a mouth-to-mouth to Anchovy each time she nearly drowned. She has an older brother, an older sister, and two younger brothers. Unlike Carpaccio whose "knife" is actually a hair brush, Pepperoni carries an actual knife which she uses to cut meat. Pepperoni used to be the fastest downhill racer with her bike during her first year before joining the Sensha-do team. She recalls this memory as a dark past

   Profile Let's get something clear. First and foremost, Katyusha is a young adult. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Anyone who says otherwise will be sentenced to hard labour in the coldest, harshest gulag imaginable with no hope of release.

   Even before she enrolled in Pravda High School - at the top of her class, no less - Katyusha has been tough as they come. Who else can take on and beat three other students in a fistfight on their first day? Who else could unite the first-year members of Pravda's sensha-do team into one of the most powerful armored corps in existence? Who else would be acknowledged by the Tea Circle of St. Gloriana in her first year of high school?

   Who else could give the order with a straight face to fire on a defenseless tank - all in the pursuit of victory?

   But, even the great Katyusha is only human. That same mind which understands the nuances of military history still struggles to get up at nine in the morning. Those same legs which sent her fellow classmates to the infirmary still walk slower than the rest of her peers. And that same spirit which chased victory at all costs against their rivals at Kuromorimine still functions best after some hot soup and a siesta.

   So, Katyusha is a young adult. Emphasis on "young". But beyond that, Katyusha truly is a great combat leader. She is a commander who got to where she is by standing on the shoulders of giants - or in her case, sitting. Woe to all who underestimate her.

   Appearance Katyusha has short, platinum blonde hair, styled in a bob-cut, and a small, petite figure. She has sharp blue-green eyes, and a yaeba, or protruding tooth on the left side of her mouth.

   Katyusha is usually seen in the standard Pravda High School uniform, with calf-length socks and dark loafers. In sensha-do, Katyusha wears a dark green coverall with long sleeves and short pant legs, with the Pravda four-pointed red star. She also wears a Soviet-style tanker helmet with padded ridges across the top, with its chinstrap kept loose, and tanker boots.

   Trivia Katyusha's favorite flower is the chamomile, and her favorite tank is the Soviet KV-2 heavy tank. Katyusha's birthday is January 31st. Katyusha is named after a Soviet-era song about a girl bidding farewell to a soldier. The song also inspired the name for the "Katyusha" series of rocket artillery platforms, used by the Soviet Union during WWII. Katyusha and Nonna rode in one such vehicle to greet team Ooarai before their match. At 4' 2" (128 cm), Katyusha is the shortest major character to appear in the show. Katyusha stopped growing around the third grade, and as such was never really taken seriously. This inspired her to better herself in order to avoid being looked down upon due to her size. Despite wanting to be looked up to, Katyusha still has some childish habits - such as referring to herself in the third person, eating snacks whenever she can, and taking naps as part of her daily routine. While referring to herself in the third person is her dominant vocal tic—serving as both a cute, childish habit and a reference to Joseph Stalin’s historical tendency to refer to himself in the third person—she will use standard first-person pronouns like "I" or "me" when she drops her egotistical persona or becomes genuinely flustered. Despite knowing the lyrics to her namesake song, Katyusha is not fluent in Russian and doesn't speak it. Nonna and Klara often speak in Russian around her, much to her annoyance.

   Profile Nonna is a student at Pravda Girls' High School, and serves as Katyusha's executive officer. On many occasions, she also takes care of Katyusha, and lets her ride on her shoulders so the former can make up for her diminutive stature.

   In Sensha-do, Nonna serves as a tank commander and gunner of one of the most powerful Soviet WWII tanks, the IS-2.

   Appearance Nonna is a tall, beautiful, firm and elegant girl with straight upper-back length dark-brown hair that has a small strand in the middle, light blue eyes and notably large breasts for her age. She usually wears the Pravda Sensha-do uniform, along with black knee socks. Nonna is 176 cm tall.

   Personality Nonna is well known for her calm and gentle but cold personality and for her loyalty and specific relationship to Katyusha; Nonna is Katyusha's closest co-worker, and she does everything Katyusha asks of her, because she recognise Katyusha as a special person, usually without hesitation or protest, most notoriously giving her a piggyback ride to compensate for Katyusha's small height. Despite this, she is not above making fun of her on occasions, same as Katyusha often make fun of Nonna, it is fairly clear that only Nonna could get away with such behavior without inviting Katyusha's wrath, as their relationship is very close, very similar to that of a mother and daughter, despite the fact that Katyusha is except for certain specific situations ultimately in charge. Aside from Katyusha, Nonna's only known friendship is with Klara, a transfer student from a Russian school to whom she generally speaks in her mother-language — which makes Katyusha annoyed, as she cannot understand anything they say.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's also shown to be very protective of Katyusha and literally acts like Katyusha's mother, confirming herself to be Katyusha's parent when others mistook her so, much to Katyusha's frustration (Darjeeling later imitated this behaviour towards Orange Pekoe). Together with Nishizumi Maho she's also the only one in the series who Katyusha actually fears and have respect to. When she thinks Nonna is angry, as Katyusha literally begged for forgiveness when she accidentally poked Nonna's eyes while having a piggyback ride, after finding out Nonna was keeping some sort of "Katyusha Diary" (though based on the series itself, it's most likely just a log of Katyusha's cute, baby-like moments).

   "Katyusha Diary" is good example of practical manifestations of Nonna's emotions to Katyusha. Writing of "Katyusha Diary" is Nonna's favourite activity. She spends much time and effort to find sources for it. It was revealed that she is willing to get Katyusha into unpleasant situations to secretly take some photos of her when she looks "cute". Nonna does that quite often. Since Klara's father has a big position in Russian state bureaucracy, Nonna got access to photos of Katyusha being held as a baby by Klara's father from the information office.

   The reason why Nonna carries Katyusha piggyback is shown in the Saga of Pravda manga: when Katyusha (not yet a commander) failed to get her strategy proposal brought to the teammates, because the staff thought of her as a little girl, Nonna lifted Katyusha onto her shoulders, saying, "This way no one will ever think of you as a little girl."

   Her composure is absolute that she is never seen to raise her voice or lose her temper; everything she does is with the same measured grace and calculated resolve.

   Trivia Nonna's favorite flower is the sunflower, and her favorite tank is the Soviet SU-100 tank destroyer.

   Profile Klara is a transfer student from Novosibirsk, a city in the Siberian part of Russia. She transferred into Pravda Girls' High School at some point between the events of the 63rd National High School Sensha-do Tournament and the exhibition match against Ooarai and Chi-Ha-Tan. Klara serves as one of Katyusha's executive officers alongside Nonna, and commands a T-34/85.

   Appearance Klara is an attractive girl with platinum blonde hair reaching past her shoulders, and a widow's peak. Her eyes are pale blue. She is relatively tall (174 cm), being only slightly shorter than Nonna.

   Klara wears the Pravda uniform in most of her appearances, with black calf-length socks.

   Personality Like Nonna, Klara is a very calm girl as she never raises her voice or loses her temper, even during difficult Sensha-dō matches. Everything she does is with the same measured grace and calculated resolve. She is more social compared to Nonna, even interacting with students of other schools. She appears to enjoy non-alcoholic vodka, as she holds a bottle in the end of the movie after Ooarai Girls Academy's victory against the All-Stars University Team and according to Nonna, she was drinking it when she mistakenly signed the transfer papers to Pravda. Klara speaks Russian and has a habit of conversing with Nonna in this language, which annoys Katyusha. However it is later revealed that she also speaks fluent Japanese, which surprises Katyusha.

   In Saga Of Pravda, however, she has a completely different personality from what we see in the movies. She is a very arrogant, aggressive and disturbed girl, which has gone completely insane because of her solipsistic view of the world and others around her. Klara is also depicted with little fangs; this is probably because, in certain panels, she is compared to a wolf. Because of this, she constantly views other people as nothing but despicable and useless creatures. Except for Nonna, who was the only one who, in her own words, "awakened" something in her cold heart, and also Katyusha, who completely broke this illusion she was living in. She also raises her voice a lot, as in Chapter 20 she's constantly screaming at Nonna while they fight, talking about how she feels numb and has a "hole in the middle of her chest", which causes all of this constant pain and suffering. Notably, she views Nonna as unaffected by such an existential malady, in that Klara sees Nonna as "whole", unlike herself. After her encounter with Nonna and Katyusha, Klara decides to move to Pravda because of Nonna. She promised to stay in Japan with her, helping her take care of Katyusha.

   Trivia Klara seems to care for Katyusha in a motherly way, similarly to Nonna. Klara appears to be a talented singer.

   Profile The daughter of Shiho Nishizumi and older sister of Miho Nishizumi, Maho is a third year student at Kuromorimine Girls' Academy, the overall commander of her school's Sensha-dō team, and the heiress to the Nishizumi family. She is the commander of a German Tiger I.

   Appearance Maho is a girl with middle length dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and slightly above average stature. She has a similar haircut to her sister Miho, but her hair is a darker color and two locks stick out on each side of her head. Other than that, she bears a striking resemblance to Miho. Maho is 163 cm tall.

   Outside of Sensha-dō she is usually seen wearing the Kuromorimine Girls' Academy everyday uniform, while during battle she wears their Sensha-dō uniform. On two occasions she has worn the Ooarai Girls Academy uniform. In more casual situations she has been shown wearing a white button-up shirt with grey horizontal stripes, grey button-up area and grey area around head hole together with light blue above knee dress, grey socks and sneakers. She also wore a Christmas outfit for her Christmas party with several of Kuromorimine's tank commanders.

   Personality Maho is well known for her passion for Sensha-dō, and is nationally regarded as a celebrity and talented leader, as well as being much respected by her mother, sister, and teammates. She seems cold and distant at times, but this is actually a facade necessary to meet her mother's strict expectations. Behind that facade she's a very kind person, even to her opponents, and loves her younger sister, Miho, dearly. One significant reason she strives to be a good Nishizumi heiress is so that her sister will be free to live her life as she wishes.

   In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's revealed to be quite easygoing and caring when she doesn't have any important missions to take care of, as shown when she tried to hold a Christmas party for the Kuromorimine students who couldn't celebrate with their own families. However, her school's overall strictness and her own tendency to communicate in terse messages always make those around her feel uneasy. The fact that she doesn't know much about parties and celebrations didn't help much either.

   Trivia Maho's favorite flowers are cherry blossoms, or sakura, and her favorite tank is the German Panzer V "Panther" medium tank. Maho's birthday is July 1. Maho owns an Akita, which she keeps at the Nishizumi family home. Outside of Sensha-do, Maho has a stoic and serious personality - which has led to misunderstandings among her subordinates. Maho has knowledge of opera music - specifically Richard Wagner, who had been Adolf Hitler's favorite composer. She suggested "Operation Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) as the name of their operation against the All-Stars University Team. Maho seems to be the only tank commander who can intimidate Katyusha.

   Profile Erika is a second year student from Kuromorimine Girls' Academy, the current vice-commander and has been appointed next in line for the position of overall commander after Maho Nishizumi graduates. She operates a German Tiger II in combat, she can also fly the team's Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 and their LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. As a first year, she commanded a Pz. 38(t) during practice sessions. Erika is presumably from Kumamoto City, Kumamoto. She is the overall commander of Tankathlon team Schwarzwald Kampfgruppe operating a Panzer II.

   Appearance Erika is a medium-sized girl with platinum blonde hair up to her shoulders, and a pair of light blue eyes. Erika is 159 cm tall.

   Usually seen wearing Kuromorimine's uniform, wearing the jacket and hat during matches. Was briefly seen wearing the Ooarai uniform along with the rest of the reinforcement crews during the match against the All-Stars University Team.

   Once dressed up in a reindeer costume for Maho's Christmas party, and subsequently the infamous Anglerfish Dance costume, a Christmas gift from Ooarai's Anzu Kadotani, as well during the course of the festivities.

   Personality Erika is initially shown as quite an arrogant character, constantly insulting the Oarai team for their lack of experience and constantly wishing to crush them herself. She has an extremely short temper, and has a tendency to become enraged whenever things don't go her way, similar to Katyusha. She bore a serious grudge against Miho ever since her first year at Kuromorimine, up to and including Miho "abandoning" Kuromorimine and then betraying them by becoming the commander for a different school, despite her previous claim to abandon Sensha-Dō entirely. By the end of the anime however, she does show some decency when she (and Maho) admit defeat to the Ooarai team, happily saying that "We won't lose next time".

   She is shown to have mellowed significantly by the events of Girls und Panzer: Little Army Two, berating Sheska for running off and boasting about Kuromorimine's prowess to Emi Nakasuga. She also showed humility after their victory against Bellwall, acknowledging that the enemy team had outsmarted and cornered them at one point in the match, despite having fewer tanks.

   Trivia Erika's favorite flowers are moth orchids, and her favorite tank is the German Sturmtiger assault gun, armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. Erika's birthday is March 6th. Erika has an older sister. Der Film seems to imply that Erika's favorite dish is Glühwein und Eisbein (corned ham hock, paired with mulled wine). Erika gets to be one of the few characters not from Pravda High School to carry Katyusha on her shoulders.

   Profile Mika is the overall commander of the Continuation High School senshado team. She operates a Finnish BT-42. She was the school's top ace before taking command of the senshado team.

   Appearance Mika is a elegant girl of average height with long brown-grey hair and light brown eyes. She wears a Finnish saunalakki hat and carries a kantele with her at all times. Most of the time, she is seen wearing the Continuation school uniform. Mika is 161 cm tall.

   Personality She is a calm and refined lady who often recites cryptic proverbs, similar to Darjeeling, but unlike her St. Gloriana counterpart, she does not explain them. Also her quotes do not came from famous people, and seems to often refer on nature. Mika has a carefree spirit and seems very independent.

   In addition to her cryptic mannerisms, Mika is noted to have a habit of stealing things, or “borrowing” as she prefers to describe it. Examples of this include failing to return a KV-1 lent to Continuation by Pravda, taking rations from the All-Stars University Team stores after her tank was disabled during the match, and secretly eating the bulk of the food in the middle of the night while they were stuck on a deserted island. She also does not appear to have much of a work ethic, leaving Mikko and Aki to handle most of the gathering and cooking of food rather than helping them.

   Trivia She can't seem to stand being without her hat for a long time, something that Aki and Mikko are more than happy to use to antagonize her. She is almost always seen carrying or playing a kantele (a Finnish string instrument) and often plays the Säkkijärven Polkka on it. Mika's birthday is November 30. Mika's sayings almost always refer to the wind, unlike Darjeeling's, which come from a variety of sources.

   Profile Aki is a student at Continuation High School and is the gunner/loader of a Finnish BT-42.

   Appearance Aki is a small girl with light green eyes, and light blond hair tided up by white ribbon, into two little bunches, pointing downwards. She standartdly wear Jatkosota school uniform or Senshado uniform. Aki is 142 cm tall.

   Personality Just as Mika can be seen as the counterpart of St. Gloriana Girls College's Darjeeling, Aki can be thought of as the counterpart of Orange Pekoe. Both are small girls who have to deal with peculiar commanders, with Aki often frustrated or confused by Mika's cryptic statements. She also seems to be annoyed by Mika's constant thefts when it concern her or Mikko but doesn't seems to be annoyed (and even participate) when it concerns others.

   Like Orange Pekoe, she also seems to be the most grounded and level-headed girl on her team.

   Profile Mikko is a member of the Jatkosota's Sensha-Do Team, and is the driver of a Finnish BT-42.

   Appearance Mikko is an short height girl with middle long reddish brown hair tided up in to two little braids on sides of head, and with pronounced bangs. She have a pair of brown eyes. She is seen to wear Jatkosota Sensha-do uniform. Not like another of her teammates, she wear under her skirt rolled up light blue trousers with two grey verical stripes on sides. She also have big winter boots and thick socks. She is usually seen with mischievous grin. Mikko is 143 cm tall.

   Personality Little is shown about Mikko's personality except that she seems to be hot-blooded, energetic and a very skillful driver as she manages to drive the BT-42 in high speed without its tracks by switching the levers with a driving wheel. She is also seen to have pretty good appetite for food.

   Profile Nicknamed "The White Witch" (白い魔女, Shiroi majo). She is one of the gunners of Jatkosota High School's Sensha-dō team.

   Appearance In addition to her school uniform, she wears a baseball cap with capital letter „K“ and light blue pants, but during combat she also dons a hood similar to the ones worn by Finnish snipers during the Winter War. Her current tank is a Sturmi, a modified version of the German StuG III. Jouko is

   Personality She normally has a quiet, focused, and serious personality befitting that of a sniper, but she can also be fun and friendly, being seen having some fun playing with some toddlers as she and her teammates visited a daycare during Christmastime.

   Profile Alice is a member of the All-Stars University Team and its Overall Sensha-dō Commander. She commands a Centurion Mk.I. She skipped grades to reach university for this purpose, which has had the side effect of leaving her relatively lonely in the university environment.

   She is the heir to the Shimada Style. Known as a "ninja" style due to its penchant for unanticipated moves and tactical unpredictability, the Shimada Style is the polar opposite of the Nishizumi Style. Like Miho Nishizumi, Alice feels pressure to uphold her family honor, part of which involves refusing to ally with Miho, despite her high admiration for Miho.

   Appearance Alice is a pale-skinned girl with light brown eyes and blonde, shoulder-length twin ponytails tied with black ribbons. When competing in sensha-dō she wears her university's uniform. At the Boko Museum, she is seen wearing frilly, feminine attire and carrying a pink handbag. Alice is 139 cm tall.

   Personality Alice is a very shy girl. When Miho encounters her at the Boko Museum and gives her the last rare Boko toy, she can't speak and runs away in shyness, unable even to thank Miho. She seems to be be quite intelligent, and to take her responsibilities extremely seriously for a child of her age. She is shown to have a keen tactical mind and is a very skilled fighter. Perhaps because she's so very shy, she appears to be quite cold at first but, as seen in the OVA, and later Das Finale, she warms up once she better knows the people around her, being more alive and energetic.

   In the Drama CD Alice feels that she does not know much about friendship. She herself does not appear to have many friends, even from her tank crew. She may also lack social skills, both as a result of her being held in high regard and set apart as a child prodigy, as well as from being ostracised by the rest of the university students due to her age. This awkwardness is evident when she attempts to congratulate Miho on her victory after the match but, being unsure how to speak directly, instead uses the giving of a Boko toy to get her message across. She is in many ways a parallel character to Miho, but in a societal position more equivalent to Maho Nishizumi. In the OVA she becomes friends with Miho, which makes her less lonely.

   Trivia Like Miho, Alice is a fan of Boko, and she accepts the challenge of fighting Oarai if Chiyo, in the case of a win, becomes the sponsor of the Boko Museum, which is about to close because of lack of funding. Alice uses a hand-held radio (as opposed to the in-built radio in her tank) when communicating exclusively with the members of the Bermuda Trio. Alice fights her battles "heads up": viewing the battle while standing in the hatch of the tank, rather than through the vision slits. She is the one of only eight tank commanders shown to adopt this posture. Through use of hand signals and, evidently, her feet, Alice commands her entire tank crew without speaking. She is only rarely seen to use her tank's radio handset during the heat of battle. Alice's university residence dorm is devoid of Boko paraphernalia save for a small set of pocket-sized bears. From the telephone set, her dorm room is number 204. While Alice is 13-years-old, she skipped grades and is in university instead of middle school. In the drama CD, it is revealed that Alice likes frilly clothes. Alice considers Boko to be her one true love. As shown in the "Alice War!" OVA , Alice suffers from motion sickness. Alice's birthday is October 24.

   Profile Azumi is one of Alice Shimada's three vice-commanders in the All-Stars University Team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a yellow diamond marking on the front side. Her former High School is BC Freedom Academy.

   Appearance Azumi is a tall girl with medium length, light brown hair and turquoise eyes. She wears the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō jacket and pencil skirt, but unlike another All-Stars University Team's Vice Commanders doesn't wear the hat, nor the shirt and tie that comes with it. Azumi is 165 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she is part of the "Bermuda Trio" with Megumi and Rumi, with is specialised on coordinated "Bermuda attack".

   It is implied in Drama CD that she is the leader of "Bermuda Trio." She formerly attended BC Freedom Academy before going to University. Like her two teammates, she is a terrible cook (even more so than the other two), a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander, so she is dissapointed about intention of her commander to change school.

   She seems to be a very caring person in the way she cuddles Hibiki.

   Profile Megumi is one of Alice Shimada's three vice-commanders in the All-Stars University team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a red square marking on the front side.

   Appearance Megumi is a tall girl with arms long straight dark brown hair and greyish blue eyes. She is usually seen wearing the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō jacket and hat. Megumi is 163 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she seems to be very calm and that she is part of "Bermuda Trio" with Azumi and Rumi.

   It is implied in the Drama CD that she was a student at Saunders University High School before going to University. Like her two teammates, she does not know how to cook, a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander.

   Profile Rumi is one of the three Alice Shimada's vice-commanders in the All-Stars University Team. She operates an American M26 Pershing with a blue triangle on the front side.

   Appearance Rumi is a short girl with short greyish-purple hair and blue eyes. She wears glasses, as is usually seen wearing the All-Stars University Team Sensha-dō uniform and hat. Rumi is 157 cm tall.

   Personality Little is known about her in the movie except that she is part of "Bermuda Trio" with Azumi and Megumi.

   It is implied in the Drama CD that she was a student at Jatkosota High School before going to University. Like her two teammates, she is terrible at cooking, in fact she does not really know how to cook like the other two, a "Hard-Drinking Party Girl", and crazy about the cuteness of her commander.

   Profile Marie is a student from Escalator faction of BC Freedom Academy, she is the overall commander and commanded a FT-17 with the emblem "Red Heart".

   Appearance Marie is a short girl with long blond hairs with an Ojou ringlet and dark green eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's Sensha-dō uniform inside matches and the schoolgirl one outside. She is also often seen with a fluffy fan with the school emblem on it. Marie is 150 cm tall.

   Personality Marie is more graceful and posed than her vice-commanders who are more hot-blooded. She does seem to be gluttonous as she is always seen eating cakes. Due to her having another crew in the FT (which is a 2-man tank), she is unable to enter the tank. Instead due to her sitting on a cushion on the tank, another trait of hers is that of carelessness with it being impossible for her to enter the tank even while under heavy fire from enemy tanks. She also seems haughty and initially condescending refusing to bow during the greetings before the match against Ooarai and mocking her opponent during the match. Despite her spoiled attitude and the fact she seems ignorant about general Escalator and Examination faction student's constant quarreling, she representing political centrism often doing her best to make them cooperate such a force them to team up against her in a training match or messing with her hair and uniform to focus the attention on her preventing them for arguing. Marie also seems to be a graceful loser, praising Ooarai’s tactics and inviting their team to a shared meal. Being the overall commander, she’s a good strategist, being able to stage a violent altercation between the two faction that’s so convincing that it’s enough to fool Ooarai that BC Freedom is beyond any cooperation between its factions.

   Profile Andou is a student of BC Freedom Academy. She is the vice-commander from Examination faction, and she commands an SOMUA S35 with the emblem "Green Spade."

   Appearance Andou is an average-sized, tanned-skin girl with shoulder length spiked-messy black hairs and gray eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's sensha-do uniform inside matches and the schoolgirl one outside. Being part of the “lower class” of BC Freedom, she seems quite negleclent on her appearance with her always having messy hair. Andou also wears a uniform in a causal manner with her vest being instead used as a cardigan. Andou is 161 cm tall.

   Personality While hot-blooded she seems to not have assumption to diplomacy and have tendency to solve disputies in a forceful manner. Since she representing ”revolutionary class” of BC Freedom hold a grudge against Escalator faction students mocking them as "warm-house-raised" and says that those who have not survived the entrance exam war cannot fight. She is often criticising her commander often attracting Oshida's wrath, however she is capable of putting her animosity aside to achieve victory. While capable of working as a team with the Escalator faction, their truce is still patchy. Although their teamwork did improve as a result of the match against Ooarai, it also appears that it doesn't take much for them to continue fighting, throwing aside their truce.

   Oshida is a student of BC Freedom Academy. She is an "escalator student", meaning that she was able to enter the high school without having to sit for entrance exams.

   In Sensha-Do, Oshida is one of BC Freedom's executive officers, and also commands BC Freedom's ARL 44 company. Her personal command tank has the emblem of a blue club.

   Appearance Oshida is an average-sized girl with shoulder-length, slightly fluffy, messy blond hair and blue eyes. She is seen wearing BC Freedom's sensha-dō uniform during matches and the schoolgirl uniform outside. Oshida is 161 cm tall.

   Personality She is seen to be quite hot-blooded and somewhat condescending and arrogant toward Examination faction students, especially her "frenemy" Andou. However, she is capable of putting her animosity aside to achieve victory. She is also very loyal to her commander Marie being from the same faction and often has to look after her.

   While supposedly representing BC Freedom's higher class, she seems to be quite negligent about her appearance, often fiddling with her hair, making it messy, and sometimes having wardrobe malfunctions. (e.g., in Dream Tank Match, Andou points out that Oshida’s button was misaligned).

   Profile Shiho Nishizumi is the master of the Nishizumi style of Sensha-dō, being somewhat of a legend in the sport. She is the current head of the Nishizumi Family, and resides at the Nishizumi Residence in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto.

   Appearance Shiho is a severe-looking woman with long dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She is always seen wearing low black pumps, black jodhpurs, white shirt, an black buttoned jacket with silver buttons and two large closable pockets on bottom cront part. Shiho is 168 cm tall.

   Personality Shiho's best known character trait is her iron will and her high regard for Sensha-dō, which she views as something almost sacred. She firmly believes that victory and strength are the only important things, together with gaining victory without the hindrance of emotions; she stated as much when questioned by Miho about Katyusha's victory against Kuromorimine (achieved by their shooting the enemy's flag tank despite that crew clearly being engaged in an attempt to rescue teammates). After Miho's enrollment at Ooarai and her team's advancement in the National Sensha-dō Tournament, Shiho appeared to view Miho's behavior and, especially, her Sensha-dō style to be a stain on the Nishizumi-style honor, going so far as talking about disowning her (to Maho's silent, yet obvious, worry).

   Her views didn't change much after Miho's match against Pravda Girls High School, claiming that Ooarai's victory was due to Pravda's carelessness and declaring that her style was heresy. After Maho corrected her, she did seem to acknowledge Miho's skills enough that she instructed Maho to 'give her a battle worthy of a king,' which Maho agreed with.

   Finally, after Ooarai's victory against Kuromorimine, she was seen to smile slightly and relent enough in her opinion to applaud Miho's success, suggesting that she at least recognizes that school's potential and her youngest daughter's worth. That she later, in Der Film, advocates on their behalf against Renta Tsuji, further supports her acceptance of Ooarai as a worthy opponant, and perhaps serves as a tacit acknowledgement of Miho's worth as a commander.

   In Girls und Panzer Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, Chapter 32, Shiho shows signs of slight regret of having Maho face Miho in the finals of the Sensha-dō Tournament, indicating that Shiho may have difficulty at trying to establish a bond with her daughters.

   Profile Chiyo Shimda is a member of the Japan Sensha-dō Federation, Head of All-Stars University Team on with her daugther paticipated before she transfered into St. Gloriana. She is also master of the Shimada style of Sensha-dō, with is long-term rival of Nishizumi style. She is the current head of the Shimada Family. Sh

   Appearance Chiyo is a beautiful pale-skinned woman with long, light brown-grey hair tied with a black ribbon but with wide strands of hair left on the sides, and hazel eyes. She wear white shirt with high colar and black ribbon on it, red-purpel undercoat with two pockets on a bottom front side and black detail on a collar edge. She also have long skirt of same colour with two long vertical black stripes on a top front. This skirt is tied on a upper half and loosely on a lower half. She have long brown probably leather lace-up boots with heels and brown probably leather gloves. Sometimes she also can be seen to wear black beret. Her appearance is a lot less cold and her manner more friendly than Shiho Nishizumi. Physically she bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Alice.

   Personality Chiyo is a very calm and refined woman who seems very intelligent. She is dedicated to being the best, and to her family's sensha-dō style being recognized as superior to all others, as proven in public demonstrations: when she calls Alice just before the match against the University All-Stars Team, she tells her to destroy the name of Nishizumi style. This is despite Ooarai not necessarily practicing the Nishizumi Style of sensha-dō, but perhaps because Shiho Nishizumi, her longtime rival, has become Ooarai's advocate, and because the team is led by Shiho's second daughter, Miho Nishizumi. However, this is distinctly a matter of professional rivalry, and despite this behavior it is clear she's not a bad person —as, at the conclusion of the Ooarai vs. University All-Stars match, she and Shiho tacitly acknowledge that the competition may have become too personal. She tends, however, to have trouble accepting Alice is growing up.

   Profile Noemi is a second-year student of Count High School. She commands a T.3 (Panzer III Ausf.N) Medium tank.

   Appearance Noemi is a medium-sized girl with short dark brown hair with an ahoge and purple eyes. She is seen wearing Count's Sensha-do uniform during matches and wears the ordinary school uniform outside of matches. Noemi is 158 cm tall.

   Personality Noemi is shown to be a charismatic girl. Though a capable and experienced commander, she suffers from a severe lack of confidence: her doubts about her skills to be tank commander made her quite nervous during her first match as the commander. She is quite warm hearted and kind with the people she cares for, like her closest friend (and driver), Anna, or her senpai (and previous tank commander) who introduced her to Sensha-dō, however she is easily embarrassed and blushes almost instantly. Despite her lack of confidence, she is seen confronting her commander about her illogical tactics based on divination, but despite giving a sound opinion she eventually has to obey her commander.

   Noemi idolizes the previous commander and sees herself as unworthy of being her successor as the commander of the tank, despite "senpai" Anna and Mizuki trying to convince her otherwise.

   She is very sensitive, and when despite Anna's attempts to cheer her up she ends up crying, and Anna decides to kick her out of her crying, she ends up crying even harder and runs away.

   She appears to have a strong and almost supernatural connection to nature, somehow locating Saunders' tanks during the match even before they appear from the woods. She is also quite knowledgeable and passionate about agriculture and plants.

   Trivia Noemi was born during the season of apple blossoms, which puts her birthday between late April to late May. Noemi's "magical" connection with nature is the first hint of any form of the supernatural in the GUP universe. However as this "magical" ability is not yet explained, it could also be a case of a keen sense of hearing. Noemi loves Granny Smith apple pie.

   Profile Anna is a second year student of Count High School. She drives Noemi Kohiyama's T.3 (Panzer III Ausf.N).

   Appearance Anna is a medium-sized girl with shoulder-length brown hair and blue eyes. She is seen wearing Count's Sensha-dō uniform during matches and wears the ordinary school uniform outside of matches. Anna is 159 cm tall.

   Personality Anna is shown to be an enthusiastic girl and a capable driver, keeping her calm under pressure even without commands from her commander. She is also supportive, especially towards her friend Noemi, both expressing her happiness for her friend becoming a tank commander (and embarrassing her in the process) and calming her down at the beginning of the match when Noemi was nervous about her first match as a tank commander. She is usually seen smiling but can also get "scary" when she gets angry, something that Witch Senpai herself noticed when talking to her.

   Her skill as a driver is also demonstrated in that she drove industrial machines on her parents' farm.

   Anna is quite strong for a girl of her age: she effortlessly picks up tank tracks that the rest of her friends really struggle to carry. She is also a bit of a tomboy, and she criticizes the twins' frailty. Her tomboyish and somewhat brutish personality appears when Noemi starts crying despite Anna's attempts at cheering her up: when Anna, frustrated, takes out her shoe and kicks Noemi in the back, then angrily scolds her, this ends up having the reverse effect as Noemi starts crying even harder.

   When Witch Senpai tells Anna that she is going to choose Noemi as her successor, Anna stares intensely at her senior to the point of unnerving the usually calm Witch. This could be because she didn't believe Noemi was qualified, or perhaps that she simply wished to be the commander herself.

   Anna doesn't seem to be a very meticulous person as she forgot that she had to help Noemi transport shells.

   Profile Erika and Karin are first year students of Count High School, they are gunner and loader in Noemi Kohiyama's T.3 (Panzer III Ausf.N).

   Appearance Erika and Karin are medium-sized girl with long light brown hair tied with a pink ribbon and three hair pins and dark green eyes. They are seen wearing Count's Sensha-dō uniform during matches and probably the normal school uniform outside of matches. Erika and Karin are both 155 cm tall.

   Personality They are seen to be quite enthusiastic, quite confident about their commander's capabilities and keep their calm under fire. Erika is known to make sweets and bring some in the tank for her crewmates, she is also a quite capable gunner. Karin seems to be very caring about her sister being the older one.

   Profile Marina is a third-year student and the overall commander (also called Vătaf) of Count High School, she commands a T.4 (Panzer IV Ausf.G).

   Appearance Marina is a relatively short girl with long ashen hairs and light brown eyes, she is seen wearing Count's Sensha-dō uniform during matches with black high socks, a black cape and an awry WW2 Romanian field cap. She wears the same cape with her school uniform. Marina is 151 cm tall.

   Personality Marina is shown to be a careless girl, using divinations to build her tactics and not showing any regrets when losing her best tank, she is also quite arrogant in making condescending replies to those who doubt her tactics even when proven right. She is however proven to be quite the competent tactician when not using divinations, as she accurately predicted Saunders movements right at the beginning of the match and takes advantage over them however her stubbornness and refusal to hear her team's advice nullified this advantage.

   Despite that she also wants to be loved by her teammates wanting them to call her Marina-chan (Mizuki is the only one who call her that) or by kissing a girl on the neck then biting her to "appropriate her", she also seems to have a flirtatious and seductive personality describing her body as "naughty and immoral". She is also a very studious student as she is among the top students in her school and is very skilled in Divinations using Gypsy Tarot (which is highly valued in her school) specially when it comes to love. She has a habit of hoping when walking.

   Outside of matches Marina is shown to be nicer and more open with her teammates and is also quite supportive of them.

   When asked by her teammates on why they don't participate in tournaments like other teams Marina not knowing the answer for this question (as she felt that she could never ask her seniors before) choose to say "Because the Sensha-dō Federation and it's regulations are empty." however she probably doesn't believe that, and just made it up on the spot to avoid admitting that she doesn't know the answer, and judging from the highly impressed looks of her teammates this seems to have worked.

   Trivia She is a quarter Romanian. Her bad habit of kissing then biting girls in the neck is a reference to the vampire kiss and Count Dracula's method of making a woman his bride or concubine. Her rank Vataf means captain in Romanian. Her skills in divination with Gypsy Tarot might be a reference to the fact that Gypsies are often affiliated with Romania and mysticism using the Major Arcana tarot card deck for Fortune-telling. The way she wears her cap, gives the impression that she has bat ears. Which is a reference to vampires who are usually linked to bats in mythology. Her name is both a Latin name (feminine form of the name Marinus which means "from the sea") and a Japanese feminine name. Her weight is 40 kg. Marina seems to share Noemi's admiration for the previous T.3 commander. She wears boots with high heels with her Sensha-dō uniform. Possibly to compensate for her short stature.

   Profile Mizuki is a third-year student of Count High School, she commands a T-38 (Panzer 38(t) Ausf.E) Light tank.

   Appearance Mizuki is a medium-sized girl with emerald eyes and brown hair, which she usually wears in a medium ponytail. She is seen wearing Count's Sensha-do uniform during matches and wears the normal school uniform outside of matches. She also wears glasses when not practicing Sensha-Dō otherwise she wears contact lenses. Mizuki is 160 cm tall.

   Personality Mizuki is shown to be a friendly and supportive girl as she tries to lift up Noemi's spirit and help her with her anxiety regarding her becoming a tank commander and assuring her that she is has " hidden talents " and teasing her a little in the process. She is also very studious as she is among the top 20 of Count students as she hopes to work in the medical field and that she might be close to her commander being among the rare ones calling her Marina-chan outside club activities.

   When Noemi tells Mizuki that she reminds her of the previous T.3 commander (and noemi's senpai) Mizkui tells her that she doesn't want to appear like her as she wishes to become special on her own and stand out as the commander of T-38.

   Mizuki is also a capable commander on her own right, effectively leading the Călușari pushing Saunders back and forcing them to cluster together while taking out one of their tanks in the process. All while keeping her cool and listening to music (and humming it).

   Profile "Witch Senpai" was a third year student of Count High School. Until she graduated, she was the commander of Noemi Kohiyama's T.3 (Panzer III Ausf.N).

   Appearance "Witch Senpai" is a medium-sized girl with long raven hair and deep blue eyes. During matches she is seen wearing Count's Sensha-dō uniform, with a scarf around her head; outside of matches she wears the normal school uniform, on which she has her "Striga" insignia, whats means "witch".

   Personality "Witch Senpai" is shown to be a calm and refined girl. She is particularly shown as supportive of Noemi, easing her anxiety through her teachings —however, she also enjoys teasing Noemi once in a while. She is one of the three most studious students of the school, and has earned the title of "Striga". She seems to be a very humble person, and refuses to talk about herself. She is 164 cm tall.

   She is said to be a weird person, according to Mizuki Ikarashi.

   She seems to hate the materialistic nature of city life, something that was probably caused by a financial crisis that hit her family in a city.

   She has said that she envies Noemi's carefree attitude, which might indicate that her life is still troubled.

   Trivia She likes Moriyama Honey Pudding. Her hobby is visiting hot springs. Her real name is unknown. She refers to Noemi as "apple fairy"

   Ōarai Girls' Academy is a school originating from Ōarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

   The school is far smaller than other schools shown in the anime, and lately, it has been losing students. Ōarai's only notable feature, its senshado club, was suspended many years ago for unknown reasons. Until the club's revival in the events of the anime series, the school had no overall focus and lacked any outstanding features. This, in addition to the fact that the school has been losing money for several years, placed it at risk of closure at the hands of the Ministry of Education.

   Ōarai Girls' Academy is the new school of the main protagonist Miho Nishizumi, who transferred in primarily because the school did not practice senshado. Its senshado team had disbanded long ago but was revived by Anzu Kadotani in a bid to avert the school's closure. The school's history of senshado has faded into distant memory, to the point that few records remain of their exploits. Other clubs, such as the volleyball club, have also been recently disbanded as necessitated by budgetary constraints.

   The school received high publicity in the year of the 63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament. Its newly revived senshado club entered the tournament under the command of Miho Nishizumi, a former Kuromorimine student and the central figure in a controversial incident in the previous year's tournament. Despite its initial infamy, Ōarai Girls' Academy soon gained popular attention as its assorted collection of tanks defeated multiple senshado powerhouses, including the defending champions, claiming the championship despite having fought every match at a numerical disadvantage with substandard equipment and inexperienced crews.

   Throughout the 63rd National High School Senshado Tournament, the school developed close friendships with the other major senshado schools competing in the tournament. It also became an inspiration for many other schools across the nation, creating a surge in senshado activity amongst minor schools, the result of which has dramatically elevated Ōarai's status within the MEXT department.

   Ōarai's tank force is much smaller compared to the other schools, but the tanks they operate are undeniably noteworthy. In the first two Ōarai rounds of the 63rd Tournament, they operated a German medium tank Panzer IV Ausf.D, a Czechoslovak light tank Panzer 38(t), a German tank destroyer StuG III Ausf.F, a Japanese medium tank Type 89B I-Go Otsu and an American medium tank M3 Lee. In the semi-finals match against Pravda, the Sensha-do team was updated, adding the French heavy tank Char B1 Bis to the fleet and modifying the Panzer IV to turn it into a Panzer IV Ausf.F2. In the finals against Kuromorimine, Ōarai again underwent changes, modifying the Panzer IV to make it a Panzer IV Ausf.H, in addition to adding to the fleet the German heavy tank prototype Tiger (P) and the Japanese medium tank Type 3 Chi-Nu.

   In the Winter Continuous Track Cup, the Ōarai team was upgraded again, adding to the fleet the British WWI heavy tank Mark IV.

   An Ōarai resident told Miho before the practice match against St. Gloriana that Ōarai also operated a Japanese medium tank prototype Type 5 Chi-Ri before the disbandment of the school's sensha-do team. It is likely that the tank remains rotting somewhere and it may be possible for it to be fielded again.

   The standard Ōarai uniform consists of a white serafuku with a green trim, a matching green skirt, and a black neckerchief. While not (usually) enforced, there is a recommended hairstyle of short hair dyed black. In reality the dress code is poorly policed, hence many students customise their uniforms with accessories (e.g, the members of Hippo Team wear various accessories related to their respective nicknames ), or constantly wear their club uniforms. Similarly, while the school provides students with a named, standard issue swimsuit, nobody outside of the Morals Committee has been shown wearing it, not even the Student Council. The naval school uniform consists of a white blouse with long sleeves and a sailor-style collar, a blue neckerchief, a white pleated skirt, black socks, and white loafers. Students sometimes wear a white dixie cup hat. The Ōarai winter uniform adds a long sailor-style coat of navy blue with white trim over the original white and green serafuku and skirt.

   Several Ōarai clubs are shown with their respective uniforms: The Senshado Club wear a dark blue jacket with a white and red trim over a serafuku with a darker green colour scheme and white skirt. High-topped climbing boots are also worn. Many members of the club accessorise their Sensha-dō uniforms as well. The Volleyball Club have a high-collared white and red gym uniform with player numbers emblazoned on the front and back. The Public Morals Committee, in addition to strictly following the dress code to the letter, wear a black armband displaying their club's name. The Automobile Club wear a white singlet under full-length orange overalls and steel-capped boots. The Media Club wear red armbands displaying their club's name. Students practicing the electives of Misogi, Ikebana and Sencha-dō wear an appropriate robe or kimono.

   Tactics Ōarai's senshado tactics are the most fluid of all the high schools, building flexibility into plans with the intention of capitalizing on the specific weaknesses of their opponents. Their overall weak arsenal of tanks leads to a large number of retreats on both a tactical and strategic level, commonly resulting in their withdrawal to and deep defense of a confined quarters battlefield. The hallmark of Ōarai's commanders is their exceedingly unorthodox tactics. In general, Ōarai performs better in urban environments.

   During matches in a flag tank format, Ōarai's overall strategy is to isolate the enemy flag tank from most if not all of its support, eliminate its escorts, and defeat it with local numerical superiority. This situation can be achieved in a variety of ways, such as baiting with decoys, feints, or counterintelligence. Ōarai's tactics require precise coordination between units and frequently place their own flag tank at risk of of enemy fire.

   During matches in a total annihilation format, Ōarai's doctrine is to scatter enemy forces and engage them in multiple independent skirmishes using self-sufficient detachments. It is within this myriad of smaller scale engagements where Ōarai commanders incorporate their own individual styles into the fight, refuting the prospect of a common school-wide strategy. With this flexible strategy they may also become more difficult and confusing to counter for other schools with more codified strategies.

   Ōarai's Sensha-dō club is trained by JGSDF tank commander Ami Chōno, although she is rarely seen doing any actual teaching on screen.

   St. Gloriana is a school located in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. St. Gloriana is a rich, refined school with well groomed students. They have been known to consume tea and cakes even during Sensha-dō battles.

   It is a very famous and privileged school, with Sensha-dō as a major part of the school's culture. The school Sensha-dō team is a serious threat in the field, however, it has traditionally been marginally weaker than the likes of Kuromorimine and Pravda, its key opponents. As a result of this, it has been a long time since the school last won the national championship.

   A lot of the school's funds come from alumnae donations. This also means the graduates ended up influencing tank selection, hence their conservative tank selections despite their wealth.

   The school has a very stringent selection process to even be enrolled. Students aim to become a part of the "Tea Garden", the building wherein gather the best of the best students in grades and behaviour. These elite students are trusted by all and given soul names of teas.

   After graduation, the Tea Garden members join one of the three major factions of the alumnae organizations, and they run regular meetings to oversee how their school should be run, especially on how the next generation of Sensha-dō leaders is to be chosen.

   St. Gloriana is occasionally known to host tea parties for highly respected peers. It also has a tradition of offering tea as a gift to opponents, usually individuals, who they deem worthy.

   St. Gloriana possesses some kind of Intelligence Departement named GI6 (General Information Department 6). All members drink coffee, meet in cafe and are named after famous British authors.

   Uniform St. Gloriana's regular uniform is a white collared shirt, black tie, blue skirt, full length black tights and a dark blue pullover with the school emblem emblazoned on the chest.

   The Sensha-dō uniform consists of a black skirt, high black boots and a red coat complete with gold buttons and shoulder epaulettes, resemblant of the uniform of the King's Guard.

   Tactics The hallmark of St. Gloriana's style is elegance. In battle, their tanks match speeds, drive steadily, flow smoothly between formations and fire in synchronised volleys. Great significance is placed on remaining calm and composed at all times, never becoming panicked or flustered.

   When on the attack, St. Gloriana primarily make use of marching fire in a slow but steady advance. They generally maintain formation whilst attacking and make few attempts to evade enemy attacks, mimicking the tactics of infantry support tanks during WWI. If pushed onto the defensive, St. Gloriana prefers static defensive postures, also preferring to use terrain features to enhance their survivability as opposed to relying on their tanks' armour.

   Emblem St. Gloriana's emblem has a light-blue heater shield as its base, with a black outline. Emblazoned on the shield are a white teacup and teapot, with steam being emitted from the lid. Several pink roses in bloom rise from the teapot's spout. Above the shield is a crimson banner, with the letters, "ST.G.GC", the abbreviation for the school's name.

   Vehicles operated Tanks: Infantry Tank Mk.II Matilda Mk.III Infantry Tank Mk.II Matilda Mk.IV Infantry Tank Mk.IV Churchill Mk.VII (1x) Cruiser Tank Mk.VI Crusader Mk.II Cruiser Tank Mk.VI Crusader Mk.III Cruiser Tank Mk IV Cruiser A27M Mk.VIII Cromwell Mk.VII Light Tank Mk.VI (Training Tank) Light Tank Mk.VII Tetrarch Light Tank Mk.VIII Harry Hopkins Light Tank M3 Stuart Aircraft: Westland Lysander Mk.II Westland Wessex Non-fighting vehicles: Indian Railways ACV-IP Morris LCR Mk.I Riley Nine Falcon Land Rover Series 2A 109

   Saunders is a large school based in Sasebo, Nagasaki.

   In terms of Sensha-dō, Saunders is recognised as a major threat to all parties in the Sensha-dō league, and have material resources well beyond that of any other school. Saunders easily have enough tanks to customise their line-up to combat certain opponents, and can also back their team indirectly with a large array of support facilities before and after the match.

   Saunders is well known for being the richest of all the Japanese high schools. The students shamelessly thrive off their comfortable budget with an overall lenient curriculum. The school atmosphere is high-spirited and laid back. In addition to this, the current school commander, Kay, has a hobby for parties and an endless internal reservoir of energy, which leads to Saunders throwing huge parties for any and every possible reason (or none at all).

   Unlike most other schools, students from other schools passing nearby are encouraged to stop by for a visit. Saunders also throws parties, contests, and festivals that are open for anyone to participate in. These parties are marked by their hype and ridiculously oversized portions of fast food.

   Saunders’ arsenal of Sensha-dō equipment is vast, as the school is unhindered by the financial constraints that affect their peers. Despite their potential for obtaining all kinds of powerful equipment, however, the maintenance of such a massive fleet of tanks causes bulk of their force to be variants of the M4 Sherman.

   Uniform Saunders' regular uniform consists of a white collared shirt with a black tie, grey blazer and red skirt. Students have a choice between long grey socks, or thigh-length white stockings.

   The Sensha-dō team wears a dark green tanker jacket with a black collar and white star on the sleeve. The jacket is worn with dark blue shorts. Some members can also be seen wearing a tanker helmet. Both the helmet and jacket mimic the style of US tanker crews during WWII.

   A cheerleading squad for the Sensha-dō team wear a yellow, white and blue cheerleading uniform, with the colours matching those on the school insignia.

   Tactics Saunders' overall strategy is centered on local force concentration to destroy smaller, isolated enemy forces, hence inflicting cumulative losses on the enemy team as a whole. The tactics employed involve multiple platoons of two or three tanks working together to surround the opposition and attack from multiple sides.

   In order to catch and trap the enemy before they can escape, Saunders has to rely on pre-emptive manoeuvres to cut off enemy reinforcements or retreat paths, engineering of which often comes down to gut instinct. The quick and overwhelming application of force works best when employed against lone scouts early in the match, but such tactics mean that Saunders does little reconnaissance of their own.

   Committing their forces in such a manner does open up the risk of having their entire force caught hopelessly out of position. Although it is frowned upon by the school community as a whole, certain members of the team will sometimes resort to unorthodox (even illegal) methods to acquire the intelligence critical towards putting Saunders' tanks in the right place at the right time.

   Unlike many other schools, Saunders commanders prefer to keep their team's flag tank away from the fight, hidden behind their lines within defensible terrain. If it encounters an enemy threat, the standard protocol for the flag tank is to disengage and run until the main force can come to the rescue.

   Vehicles operated Aircraft: Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey Boeing B-29 Superfortress Douglas DC-3 General Aircraft GAL.49 Hamilcar Glider Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy Lockheed C-130H Hercules Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Lockheed U-2R Dragon Lady McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe Tanks: Saunders Sherman Tanks M4 Sherman M4A1(76) Sherman M4A2 Sherman Sherman VC Firefly M4A6 Sherman M22 Locust (Borrowed from BC Freedom) T7 Combat Car Light Tank M3 Stuart Non-fighting vehicles: Jeep Willys MB Studebaker US6 Ford M151 MUTT DUKW Amphibious car M20 Armored Utility Car

   Pravda is a school based in the Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the island of Honshu.

   A well-known and highly respected school in the Sensha-dō league, Pravda are amongst the top performers in every competition and were the defending champions at the time of the anime series.

   In contrast to most of other schools, Pravda is not run by a student council and is instead under the rule of the Sensha-dō captain, Katyusha, who exerts her authority in a dictatorship-esque fashion. Many of the school 'rules' are a consequence of the hapless first year students running to obey Katyusha's every whim.

   The school environment is highly punitive, with persistent references to "purges" and "Siberian mines" as forms of punishments for those who upset the commander. The liberal and subjective manner in which these punishments are distributed invokes many taboo actions or opinions, often regarding Katyusha's height. Katyusha's excessive disciplining is balanced by vice-commander Nonna, who considerately scales down the sentence to more traditional punishments, like forced labor or "extra homework in a classroom without windows".

   Pravda also have an underground railway facility to navigate through winter storms in the carrier's lower deck. The railway is connected to everywhere on the school ship and was originally used for mailing purpose. They also had a night train, but it was abolished, probably refer on Trans-Siberian Railway.

   Uniform The school uniform is a dark green jacket over a red shirt worn with a short black skirt. The jacket features are two big closable pockets and a four-pointed red star on the left lapel, imitating the five-pointed star used by the Red Army. A black vest with two big, closable pockets and a four-pointed red star on the left side may also be worn over the entire uniform during Sensha-do matches. Many students are also shown wearing a light brown ushanka with the ears tied up.

   Tactics Pravda's tactics make use of traps and double envelopment. The school also tries to take advantage of the weather, being better accustomed to fighting in cold environments than many of their peers. Pravda may leave their flag tank in the open or seemingly unprotected to bait their enemies into falling into an ambush.

   Katyusha herself loves breaking the morale of her opponents and seeing them grovel before her. She makes it a point to display how awesome she is by formulating plans that are sometimes unnecessarily elaborate. Part of showing her strength is an abject refusal to turn down the challenge of a straight fight - Pravda will ignore the options of flanking or evading combat in favor of pushing straight through enemy strong points with as many tanks as they can muster.

   In general, Katyusha doesn't bother to formulate a Plan B, which can become a liability if things go awry. Many of her plans involved predicting how the enemy will react, and don't account for unforeseen situations. Pravda's rank-and-file commanders lack the ability to think on their feet, and their overall commander is not adept at managing multiple separate detachments.

   Pravda has a habit of leaving their flag tank in a safe place away from the fighting once the rest of the team is engaged. At this moment, the flag tank is often under light guard and is relatively vulnerable.

   Emblem Their insignia consists of two overlapping silver steel squares on the background crossed with a golden-with-silver detailed T-square on the foreground and small scissors with golden handle and silver edge on top, imitating the hammer and sickle design of the flag of the Soviet Union.

   Vehicles Operated Tanks: KV-2 obr 1940 KV-1 IS-2 obr 44 T-34-76 obr 1943 (early) T-34-85 obr 1944 T-70 ISU-152 BT-5 T-44 Non-fighting vehicles: BA-64 BTR-70 NKL-16/42 RF-8-GAZ-98 Snowmobile ZiS-151 Truck ZiL 157 w/ BM-13 Katyusha Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft MAZ-535 Truck Mil Mi-24 Gunship

   Kuromorimine is based in Kumamoto City. However, as their school ship is too large to dock at any of the ports in Kumamoto Prefecture, they have to dock elsewhere.

   Kuromorimine is the most well-known and respected school in the high school senshado league, a reputation gained by their excellent standard of senshado. The school adheres to the generations-old doctrine of the Nishizumi style, which, backed by a large arsenal of powerful tanks, ensures it is recognized as the strongest and most prestigious of the senshado schools.

   As a result, the school is highly focused around senshado, to the point where the senshado team is held in adoration by the other students. This emphasis creates a school atmosphere that places high value on the principles of justice, law-abiding conduct, persistence and determination. However, it is also the strict and rigid doctrines of the Nishizumi style that translate into the classroom, creating an exacting, punitive and high-pressure environment amongst the students that has only recently begun to change.

   Although the school is universally respected for its strength, it is disliked by many of the other high schools for its rigid victory-oriented style and distinct lack of moralistic concessions, which ultimately culminated with the controversy of Miho Nishizumi's actions during the 62nd National High School Senshado Tournament.

   Uniform The regular Kuromorimine uniform consists of a featureless grey jacket with a black collar and skirt. The school insignia is displayed on the left lapel of the collar. There is also a dark blazer that may be worn over the jacket. The senshado uniform consists of a dark red shirt and matching skirt, as along with a black jacket and side cap with a matching red trim.

   Tactics Kuromorimine utilizes the teachings of the Nishizumi-style, which are closely related to the Blitzkrieg doctrine. The school makes use of large numbers of heavy tanks and assault guns, according to its strategy of superior firepower and armour. Their tactics are characterized by their tight formations and aggressive frontal assaults. Their fire control is known to be well coordinated and very accurate. The students are reputed to almost never retreat. Unfortunately, these strengths resulted in a number of distinct weaknesses due to the over-specialisation of their overall strategy: Kuromorimine's strategies lack tactical flexibility and rely heavily on coordinated team effort. Tanks that are inadvertently separated from the main force or engaged in multiple independent skirmishes tend not to last very long.

   After the 63rd National High School Senshado Tournament, post-match reviews of the battle against Oarai Girls' Academy led to a reformation of Kuromorimine's tactics. Based off analysis of their more successful moments in the match, Kuromorimine doctrine shifted to focus on maneuver warfare, and included flanking, mobile repositioning and swift breakthroughs, closer in line with the "Blitzkrieg" practices of early World War II. The appropriate tactical decisions, such as firing for effect, were recognized as part of the style, while less-reliable practices, such as the over-reliance on armor protection, were phased out.

   Emblem Its emblem is an Iron Cross with the kanji for the school name (黒森峰, Kuromorimine; Black Forest Peak) superimposed on top of it.

   Vehicles operated Aircraft: Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache Focke-Wulf Fw-189 LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Tanks: KMM Tanks 11 PzKpfw.II Ausf.F (Privately owned by the Nishizumi family) (Der Film) PzKpfw 35(t) (Phase Erika) PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf.B/C (Phase Erika) PzKpfw.III Ausf.J PzKpfw.IV Ausf.D (Privately owned by the Nishizumi family) (Little Army) PzKpfw.IV Ausf.G PzKpfw.V Ausf.G "Panther" PzKpfw.VI Ausf E "Tiger" PzKpfw.VI Ausf.B "Tiger II" (Serien Turm) PzKpfw.VI Ausf.B "Tiger II" (Porsche Turm) (Phase Erika) PzKpfw.VIII "Maus" Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" (Gekkan Senshado Magazine) (Sd.Kfz.162/1) Jagdpanzer IV/70(V) "Guderian Ente" (Sd.Kfz.173) Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" (Sd.Kfz.184) Panzerjäger Tiger(P) "Ferdinand/Elefant" (Sd.Kfz.186) Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B / Jagdpanzer VI "Jagdtiger" Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.F (Privately owned by the Nishizumi family) (Little Army Manga) Non-fighting vehicles: Krupp L2H143 Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad Simca 5 Volkswagen Type 82 "Kübelwagen" Kugelpanzer 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn Sturmpanzer "Brummbär" Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II

   Chi-Ha-Tan Academy is based in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

   The school has links with local school-ship construction. The school was sandwiched between a rural area, which focused on breeding fine horses, and the industrial heartland, which included concentrated metalworks. The school has a fine archery and Naginata tradition, done on horseback.

   Like many of the other Sensha-dō schools, Chi-Ha-Tan moved into tank driving after WW1 ended, and they started driving tanks Japan made themselves. The first instructors were WW1 veteran tank drivers.

   The school once had a respectable Sensha-dō team, at the height of its prowess it even reached the finals. Recently, however, they have been repeatedly crushed in the first round. This defeat came in spite their did to improve their tank's performance, as the improvement focused more on equipment upgrades and less on training the students operating it.

   The school culturally ended up with girls with strong maternal instincts. The school has a huge library that is renowned in the country, and students even publish their own books. And as mentioned earlier, they still have a fine equestrian tradition.

   Uniform Chi-Ha-Tan students have a brown uniform made up of a long tunic, high boots and an optional helmet. The tunic is worn with a mustard-yellow skirt. The lapels of the tunic are white in the case of the commanding officers, and dark red for everyone else. The uniform is reminiscent of the Type 5 WWI fatigues of the IJA.

   Tactics Their primary "tactic" is a frontal suicide-charge against the enemy. This tactic is performed as much for tradition as for rational reasons, never takes into account the type and disposition of the enemy, and ignores factors such range, terrain or self-preservation. Every instance of a charge always ends with the destruction of a lot of their own tanks without really damaging the tanks of the other team. Chi-Ha-Tan are known, sometimes even expected, to throw away incredibly advantageous situations by charging recklessly.

   While Chi-Ha-Tan's commanders do have a vague grasp on the concept of tactics and strategic timing, they give in easily to their emotions. Precisely because of their suicidal tactics, Chi-Ha-Tan has rarely had the experience of immobilizing an enemy tank, and such an event is enough to overcome all but the most steadfast Chi-Ha-Tan commanders with disproportionate confidence, and cause them to charge to their collective demise. Ironically, a perceived lack of tactical success can also cause the same effect through frustration, turning a bad situation even worse.

   Following some hands-on practical demonstrations courtesy of Duck Team, Chi-Ha-Tan started to recognize the potential of their team when employing effective tactics such as ambushes, in-depth defense and hit and run attacks. Their newfound strength was a true eye-opener for the strategists in the Sensha-dō team, but old traditions die hard, and many of the older commanders still feel that a charge is integral to the school's Sensha-dō spirit, with predictable results. This is why Fukuda comes with the idea to use others tactics by putting the word "Charge" in it to keep the psychological effect, like Stepping Charge (Stand Position), Goodbye Charge (Retreat), Remote Charge (Recon), One Day Charge (Fire Barrage), Leisurely Charge (Marching Fire) and Good Day Charge (Feint).

   Emblem Chi-Ha-Tan's emblem is composed of a disc with green, yellow and brown colors, reminiscent of the paintwork on their tanks. Inside the disc there is a 知 (Chi) and below is a symbol of three sea waves. A smaller version of the emblem, containing the kanji letter and the three sea waves, is shown on their tanks.

   Vehicles Operated Tanks: Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha Type 95 Ha-Go Type 2 Ka-Mi Super-Heavy Tank O-I (Background only, Vehicle Status Unknown) Borrowed Tanks: Light Tank Mk.VIB (after Chi-ha-Tan defeated Maple High School) Non-fighting vehicles: Sumida M2593 Type 91 Kurogane Type 95

   Behavior & Policy Continuation is a relatively isolated school that seems to interact sparingly with other schools compared to their peers. Drawing inspiration from Finnish tank models for their Sensha-dō lineup has left Continuation with very limited options. The smaller size of their school places strict financial limits on their arsenal, and thus students prefer to invest in upgrades to their existing tanks as opposed to buying new ones. In order to acquire new vehicles, Continuation crews have a habit of stealing tanks from their rivals and using them for themselves, this has lead to (ongoing) disputes with other schools, and has further contributed to Continuation's outcast status.

   Continuation's students could be described as shy and reserved. They are patient and prefer solitude, but they are also honest and moral, and once they become friends, they tend to be extremely friendly. They are also good listeners, and rarely initiate conversations; so it is not uncommon for time to pass without any conversation even when several people gather together. They do, however, put a lot of effort into education in the fields of culture and the arts, and can be very talkative in these areas. They are very skilled in maintenance and even scrap vehicles can be made to work properly, they are also considered to be highly skilled gunners and drivers. They are also known to have made a Christmas market to promote Finnish food and pastries.

   Materiel Continuation is sporting a wide variety of tanks from different countries modified with more powerful engines, such as French Renault FTs, English Vickers 6-tons, Soviets T-26, BT-5, BT-7, T-34/76, T-34/85, T-28 and KV-1 (given by Pravda in a training match), German Panzer IVJ and Sturmi (Finnish name for the StuG III) and a single BT-42 (a Soviet BT-7 with a modified 114 mm howitzer). They also have one Type 95 Ha-Go stolen from Chi-Ha-Tan during the Cauldron Tournament. There is also rumors that they managed to steal a KV-2 from Pravda but this in unconfirmed.

   Tactics To compensate the lack of firepower of the majority of their tanks, they mostly rely on mobility to attack enemy tanks from the side and rear, and engage at very close ranges while their more powerful tanks provide them covering fire.

   Continuation's tactics are very dependent of the environments. While their forté is fighting in cold snowy environment, they are less efficient in hot and dry environment.

   School ship Their actual school ship is based on late 19th century icebreakers. The schoolship is covered with high mountains and forests, they also transformed the ship's mast into a huge tree.

   Uniform Continuation's schoolgirl uniform consists of a hooded sky blue sweater with vertical white stripes with a white collared shirt worn under, a grey pleated skirt and a pair of loafers. Socks or legwear aren't regulated and depends on personal tastes.

   Continuation's senshado uniform consists of light blue tracksuit with grey sleeves and collar with a white imprint of the school's kanji (継) on the left side of the chest, a grey pleated skirt and a pair of brown short boots, although some students like Reino and Youko can be seen wearing light blue pants.

   Emblem The Continuation emblem is a three-pointed shield with blue and sky colors (the latter appearing predominantly on the shield). Inside the shield is the kanji letter 継 (Continuation) in black and a white border.

   BC Freedom Academy's depiction differs between the Ribbon Warrior manga and the Das Finale anime film. Despite using different characters and historical motifs, the Academy's emblem and overall theme of a divided school remain the same.

   In the Ribbon Warrior manga, the divide is an allegory for political divide between Free France and Vichy France (1940 to 1942), represented by the Freedom Faction and the BC Faction respectively. Asparagus, Moule, and Bordeaux are the primary characters.

   In the Das Finale OVA, the divide is an allegory for the social division between different Rectionary/Conservative and Revolutionary social groups with is significant for France history, represented by the Escalator and Examination students respectively. Oshida, Andou, and Marie are the primary characters. Significantly different from their manga counterpart is that while their social divide is severe, their leader Marie is shown to have decent control over the student body.

   The current article predominantly features information pertaining the Ribbon Warrior manga depiction of BC Freedom Academy as it is currently the most detailed.

   Overview Behavior & Policy Ribbon Warrior

   The forced union into a single school only created distrust and hatred between students of both sides, to the point of both factions living in separate sides of the schoolship. They have nonexistent teamwork and are in a constant power struggle, though Freedom seems to have the upper hand. However, over time the number of students that do not identify with either of the original schools has increased, and they live their lives mostly free from the rivalry.

   Apart from the students' mutual hatred and power struggle, BC Freedom Academy is very similar to Maginot Girls' Academy’s students. They heavily emphasize the importance of education, especially lessons that will create a good wife and a loving mother for a healthy family. Thus, senshado is heavily promoted at BC Freedom. Members of the Freedom faction are rather strict and obedient while BC faction members are more relaxed and less obedient.

   A recent defeat exploiting their rivalries has inspired Asparagus, their overall commander, to attempt to ease the tensions and create the teamwork necessary to reunite the two factions.

   Anime

   It was said that during Azumi's time, BC Freedom had a competent senshado team. The school had even managed to become one of the four best schools. With the recent infighting amongst the students, however, their internal discord has resulted in them losing matches.

   BC Freedom is divided into the affluent Escalator students and the middle-to-lower class Examination students, mirroring the pre-revolutionary French Second and Third Estates respectively. This social divide has caused great discord between the two groups. The Escalator students think of the Examination students as unrefined, classless outsiders, while the Examination students think of the Escalator students as sheltered, condescending, and arrogant.

   These two groups fight over anything and everything. One notable fight was about food: the Examination students would not eat the fancy, luxurious, and very expensive French food being served on the ship, while Escalator students would never lower their standards to serving common food, such as udon. The Examination group even staged a protest against the food being served.

   After Marie’s intervention, seen in the "Taiyaki War!" OVA, both groups came to terms with one another and learned to cooperate as a school.

   Material Anime

   In the Das Finale OVA, BC Freedom’s tank roster comprised of the ARL44 heavy tanks used by the Escalator group, and the SOMUA S35 medium cavalry tank by the Examination group. A WW1-era Renault FT17 light tank was used by Marie, the team’s overall commander.

   Supplementary Materials

   Due to their sudden union, BC Freedom Academy operates a mishmash of very different tanks. Originally BC High School operated early-war French tanks such as the Hotchkiss H39, SOMUA S35, Renault R35, B1 Bis or AMR-35, while Freedom High School operated American or German tanks such as the M4A1 & M4A2 Sherman, Panther Ausf.G, M5 Stuart or M22 Locusts. They also possess a Valentine Mk.V (non-operational) and an M10 Wolverine (never been fielded due to its open-topped turret).

   They are said to possess an FCM F1 multi-turreted superheavy tank, but it has not seen combat. It is suspected to be either non-operational or lacking adequate combat ability.

   Tactics Anime

   In the Das Finale OVA, the animosity between the Escalator and Examination groups has caused their senshado team to be unorganized, lacking a proper doctrine. Once Marie helped to settle their differences, and both groups agreed to act as one coordinated team, their abilities surprised everyone who watched their match against Oarai. They proved adept at fighting their enemies when the advantage was with them, and coordinated enough that, when things did not go their way, they immediately regrouped to develop a better position and continue fighting.

   Teamwork and coordination has become the main doctrine of BC Freedom's senshado team, with their powerful ARL-44’s used for their firepower and range, while their more nimble SOMUA S35’s are used for their mobility.

   Ribbon Warrior Manga

   Just as the two different halves of the school have different tanks, they also have different senshado doctrines. While the former BC High School preferred to break the enemy with maneuver warfare, drawing inspiration from Napoleonic cavalry, the former Freedom High School considered BC's tactics too risky, and adopted a doctrine similar to Maginot's, focusing on an extremely strong defense to stop the enemy from reaching their objective. This was their main reason for acquiring the relatively slow FCM F1 and the Valentine infantry tank.

   Regardless of the quality of their vehicles, these conflicting doctrines and a lack of teamwork between the two sides cripple them in matches. The discord became so extreme that, during a match, the Freedom faction would prevent the BC faction from intervening in a melee due to their mutual distrust.

   The overall commander finally ended up easing tensions and making the factions cooperate by mixing tanks from both BC and Freedom factions. This innovative new joint-strategy was called "Stratégie Mariage" (Wedding Strategy).

   Schoolship Anime

   In the Das Finale OVA, the Academy Warship was based on France’s first Aircraft Carrier, the Beárn. Due to the social divide of the school, the ship is divided transversely at the middle. The forward end of the ship has the cleaner, ornate, and well-kept section of the Escalator students, and the dirtier, dilapidated, and slum-like section of the Examination students at the aft end.

   BC Freedom Academy Warship BC Freedom’s Academy Warship seen in the Taiyaki War OVA.

   BC-Freedom Schoolships BC High School & Freedom High School's formers respective schoolships.

   Manga

   Before merging, BC High School & Freedom High School each had their own Schoolship. BC High School's schoolship design is based on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, while Freedom's is based on a cancelled French aircraft carrier project called PA2 (Porte-Avions 2, French for Aircraft Carrier 2) and has vineyards dominating almost all the schoolship.

   After the two schools merged, it is unknown which one of the schoolships was kept for hosting the newly-formed school. Due to the rivalries between the two factions, the schoolship was divided in two lengthwise (including living quarters and commercial buildings), with Freedom faction occupying the port side and BC faction occupying the starboard side.

   Uniform Anime In the Das Finale OVA, BC Freedom’s uniform consists of a white shirt with a red and blue necktie, a deep blue jumper skirt worn over, with a royal blue cardigan, and a pair of Mary Jane shoes.

   The senshado uniform consists of a white shirt underneath a blue double-breasted vest and a blue jacket; they often wear a blue kepi with their insignia on it. (In the Ribbon Warrior manga, this was designed by Asparagus, but in the anime it is unknown when or by whom this was designed.)

   Ribbon Warrior Manga BC Faction BC faction insignia sewn into their uniform.

   In Ribbon Warrior, BC Freedom has the particularity of the two different factions each having their own distinct senshado uniform uniform. (Only their senshado uniform is seen.)

   BC faction's (former BC High School) uniform consists of a black jacket with BC patches on the collar and a BC Freedom armband, a gray scarf, a sky-blue skirt with a black belt, black boots, and a black kepi.

   Freedom faction's (former Freedom High School) uniform consists of a khaki jacket with a BC Freedom armband, a white shirt with a black tie, a blue pelisse with golden ornamentation worn over the left shoulder, a khaki skirt with a black belt, black boots, and a white kepi.

   As Asparagus, their overall commander, is part of the Freedom side, she wears their uniform except for her kepi, which is black with golden ornamentation; she also carries a staff.

   After their humiliating defeat by Katyusha, both factions together switch to a new senshado uniform as a symbol of unity. Designed by Asparagus, the uniform consists of a blue kepi with their logo on it, a double-breasted coat, a white skirt, and brown boots (with black socks underneath.)

   The team's members are recruited from universities across Japan, usually from elite national, public, and private schools such as "T-dai" (Tokyo University), "K-dai" (Keio University) or "O-dai" (Osaka University). While on the team they undergo rigorous training, preparing them to be integrated into various professional teams once they graduate. Their current commander is Alice Shimada, the heir to the house of the Shimada style, which is a rival to the Nishizumi house.

   They have a unique range of vehicles at their disposal ranging from Shermans and Panthers to large siege guns and super heavy tank destroyers. During the annihilation match, however, the majority of their tanks were tanks that would later see action in service of the United Nations during the Korean War.

   The team attend their meetings and Sensha-dō trainings at one location somewhere in Tokyo.

   As an official member of the Sensha-dō Federation, the team has access to high funding, sophisticated equipment and high priority with respect to Sensha-dō training and provision. They frequently display the logo of the Sensha-dō Federation alongside their team insignia.

   The team is known to engage in exhibition matches with other institutions, such as the adult professional teams or, in one particular known case, a local high school.

   Uniform The uniform of the All-Stars University Team is comprised of a white collared shirt and black tie worn under a long-sleeved jacket. The jacket, shorts and boots follow the olive green theme, as does the beret, which also features the logo of the National Sensha-dō Federation. A dark green vest is worn over the jacket.

   Despite being a centre for higher education representative of the Sensha-dō Federation, the dress code is not as strictly policed as in some high schools.

   Tactics The All-Stars University Team fights according to the Shimada Style, a rival practice to the Nishizumi Style, which favours fluidity of tactics and places emphasis on being unpredictable. The team operates primarily through the use of separate units that complete independent objectives as part of an integrated, cohesive overall strategy. These individual companies are assigned to frontline sub-commanders who direct their units on a tactical level, while the upper levels of command coordinate the various operational objectives towards accomplishing strategic goals.

   A large part of the team's doctrine hinges upon interpretation of the enemy's strategy and adapting to counter it, hence the Sensha-dō force prefers not to fully engage until thorough reconnaissance of the opposition's deployment and movements has been conducted, and then to attack in a single, swift, coordinated strike. Similarly, the team also takes the extra effort to conceal its own strategies by hiding them behind feints or misleading behaviour.

   Thanks to its commander, the team has adopted the Shimada Style, a "ninja" style that is designed around being unpredictable and entails the flexibility to rapidly alter entire strategies at a moment's notice. The All-Stars University Team will usually attempt to out-position its opponents in a single decisive battle, such as a major breakthrough or encirclement.

   Emblem Their emblem consists of a sky blue disc with two white circular edges and a white circle inside. In the center of the disc is a white tank ammo.

   Vehicles Operated Tanks: M26 Pershing M24 Chaffee T28 Super Heavy Tank Centurion Mk.I (A41) Karl-Gerät 040 M4 Sherman (Training Tank) PzKfw. V "Panther" (Training Tank) (Sd.Kfz. 173) Jagdpanzer V "Jagdpanther" (Training Tank) Non-fighting vehicles: Dodge WC.52 FV603 Saracen APC

   Behavior and policy Maginot students are expected to be extremely well-behaved, polite, and respectful. They are usually very eager to learn, but their individual creativity is somewhat lacking, and this deficiency translates over to senshado, where individual initiative and flexible tactics are seen as less important than demonstrating traditional French tactics. Though group discipline is very good, individual discipline can vary wildly. This makes cooperation rather difficult, especially with the school's maneuver-focused doctrine.

   As a school-wide policy, creativity is not promoted, with the exception of art, film, and theater classes. As a result, while the students are not especially original or innovative, they can focus heavily on certain skills, honing their talents to the point of mastery. The most notable example of this is Maginot’s famous culinary classes. Such is their reputation that some students enroll specifically for that class. Their cuisine highlights the simplicity of flour and buckwheat and the richness of wild vegetables, game fowl, and mushrooms.

   Materiel Maginot exclusively fields vehicles developed in and used by France. The Renault FT (better known as the FT-17) and the R35 fill the light tank role. Maginot uses the SOMUA S35 Cavalry Tank as its medium tank, and the Renault B1 Bis as its heavy tank. While Maginot's lineup may seem respectable on paper, technical issues and outdated engineering cripple the team in matches. One major drawback of their tanks is that they were not designed to carry radios, a feature required by the Senshado Federation. But even with emergency radios on board, communication seems to be a weak link in Maginot’s team. There have been discussions about fielding the ARL-44 as Maginot’s wonder weapon, but due to a lack of funds, crews, and confidence in the tank's capabilities, it seems Maginot will not be using the ARL-44 in the near future.

   Tactics Maginot's standard tactics revolve around a defensive battle group. The SOMUA S35 sits at the center, surrounded by light tanks, while the B1 heavy tank is kept in reserve for use against heavier targets. This formation requires crew members to be disciplined enough not to panic when a potential break occurs.

   The other schools have said that even though Maginot's tanks and tactics may be old and useless, its crews are accustomed to brute force, since their defensive formation subjects them to a great deal of fire.

   School ship Maginot ship Maginot's school submarine, the Surcouf

   One thing that sets Maginot Girls' College apart from the other schools is its school ship, the Surcouf. Instead of being a giant aircraft carrier, it is a giant submarine, modeled after the World War II French submarine Surcouf. The decision to use a submarine instead of the more ubiquitous surface ship was to aid the wine-making process, as the storage and fermentation time are evidently better underwater.

   Many, if not all, of the ship's buildings seem to have a Haussmannian architectural style.

   Uniform Maginot's school uniform consists of a white, high-necked, Victorian-style ruffle blouse with a pink ribbon tied around the neck, a navy blue pleated skirt, and black socks and shoes.

   Maginot's senshado uniform consists of a blue jacket with two rows of gold buttons, gold stripes on the sleeves, gold and blue epaulettes and collar badges, a white blouse with a red tie underneath the jacket, a white short tight skirt, and a pair of boots. Their collar badges are composed of one of the four card suits and a color in French (Heart Blanc, Clubs Rouge, Diamond Vert, Spade Bleu, etc.). The highest-ranking badge seems to be Spade Bleu.

   Behavior & Policy Bellwall Academy is a relatively large school, with over 3000 students in attendance. Before the events of Little Army Two, the school was considered to be very strong in sensha-dō, with the team itself exhibiting the ferocity of the girls that it was made up of. However, after Jinko Yoshinaga abandoned the team, it fell into ruin, with many of the tanks sold off and the team divided between two delinquent factions, led by Chifuyu Doi and Neko Yamamori. During that time, the only member of the team that attempted to keep the club running was Hitomi Yuzumoto. Sensing weakness, and an opportunity to create a large racetrack in the area designated for sensha-dō practice, the leaders of the automotive club, Kanako and Tsurugiko Kashiwaba, began putting pressure on the team, trying to get them to disband so that the Automotive club could acquire the practice fields.

   With the team on the verge of downfall, Hitomi Yuzumoto put out offers for experienced sensha-dō crew members to transfer to Bellwall Academy. Emi Nakasuga would accept the offer, and during her time there, would turn the team around with the help of nearly all the aforementioned individuals.

   Materiel In the events of Little Army Two, their main forces consists of the Tiger I, the Jagdpanther, the Elefant, the Panzer II Ausf. C and the rare Soviet T-44 tank, the evolved version of the T-34. Apart from the Tiger I, all tanks were purchased by the Kashiwaba Sisters. They also bought a Type 10 to be used in combat as well, until they realized that the tank was prohibited by the rules of sensha-do.

   Tactics Their main tactics are unknown.

   School ship The inspiration for the Bellwall schoolship is unknown. The schoolship itself is divided by a wall, separating the "normal" department and the "industrial" department. The normal department is a relatively standard school, but the industrial department is filled with delinquents, thus making that part of the school look like a war-zone.

   Uniform Due to the delinquent culture surrounding the school, the school uniform is rarely worn properly, in stark contrast to schools like Ooarai, St. Gloriana's and Anzio. Regardless, the full uniform consists of a white uniform shirt and a light brown skirt with a red stripe running around it. There is also a small bow that goes around the collar of the shirt. A beige or black colored blazer, vest or sweater is usually worn over the shirt.

   Due to the aforementioned delinquent culture, the uniform is often modified. Kita wears a hoodie in place of her shirt while wearing the school blazer over her hoodie, Neko Yamamori wears a fur coat over a v-neck instead of the school shirt, Doi Chifuyu wears a long dress in place of the skirt.

   Behavior & Policy Bonple is more famous for it's cuisine (Boiled eggs are popular, and Katsudon with Boiled Eggs and a special sauce), music and for their world-class Dressage and Equestrian team than their sensha-dō.

   Though Bonple students are earnest and diligent, making a difficult choice is all but impossible for them. Due to their hard working habits and a passion for education, the acceptance rate at top tier universities for graduates of Bonple is very high, with many Bonple graduates attending Saunders University. Despite these qualities students are also stubborn and prefer the familiar. They have a habit of avoiding change, sometimes to the point of intentionally skipping matches.

   Material Despite their relatively small number and size of their tanks, Bonple prides itself on fielding domestically designed and produced Polish tanks, with their main force being the TKS Tankette and the 7TP tank, both the machine gun armed twin turreted version and the single turreted version armed with a proper 37mm anti tank gun. Also owned by the Bonple Senshado team is the extremely rare 10TP, which never left the prototyping stage of development and at least one 9TP (up-armored version of the 7TP).

   They tried to launch several projects to increase the firepower of their tanks (especially those armed with machine guns) but all projects were delayed. They decided to acquire a Renault R35 (because it shared 37mm ammunitions with their old FT tanks thus easing logistics), but the short 37mm gun had anemic AT performances (additionally their R35 is out of order). They also acquired at some point a Hetzer tank destroyer, at least one Panzer II and an Archer tank destroyer.

   After exhausting all solutions, as it is impossible for them to fight heavier vehicles they decided to put a request to other schools to acquire a vehicle capable of heavy AT performance specs. As they weren't expecting many responses they were completely overwhelmed with the replies (M4A2 Sherman from Saunders, Cruiser Mk.IV from St.Gloriana, Hetzer from Kuromorimine and T-34/76 from Pravda). Because of this the school experienced great turmoil as the students split themselves up based on what school they supported. As Bonple have good relations with St. Gloriana the largest group of student supported the acquisition of Cruiser Mk.IV but a significant number of older students prefer Saunders' offer. To not ruin relationships with Kuromorimine and Pravda by hastily rejecting their offers they postponed their answers.

   In the end, as they disagreed on which offer to accept, the adoption of new tanks and tactics have been delayed.

   Tactics Due to their relatively light vehicles compared to the other schools, their tactics are based on maneuver warfare doctrines and traditional Polish cavalry tactics. Their main plan consists of a line of tanks advancing towards an enemy, while a detached force charges and slowly narrows to create a point to focus their charge onto a small area of the enemy lines. This tactic necessitates very fast, and thus very light tanks with small armaments, oftentimes no more than machine guns. However, though they had their start with a pure tankette lineup, to keep up with developments they soon focused their attention on the relatively heavier light tanks.

   Schoolship Bonple carrier As Poland has never owned aircraft carriers, Bonple acquired an old schoolship from St. Gloriana Girls College.

   Uniform Bonple's schoolgirl uniform consists of a khaki high waist corset with suspenders on a black-tied white blouse and khaki pleated skirt.

   Bonple's sensha-dō uniform consists into a khaki jacket, a field cap with an edelweiss on the collar (taken from Polish Podhale Rifles Brigade), a white blouse with a black tie underneath the jacket, a khaki pleated skirt and a pair of black boots. Jajka due to her rank has the same uniform but with ornaments (taken from Polish Podhale Rifles Brigade parade uniform).

   Behavior & Policy Blue Division students are renowned for two traits. The first is their culinary skills, which is why they have a good friendship with Anzio High School and Waffle Academy. Due to their shared love for food and culinary arts, the three schools often attract international attention when they reunite at festivals.

   The second trait is their incredible enthusiasm, which propels them to launch their unofficial team. Their drive and selflessness have earned the band of volunteer tankers a great deal of recognition from the other schools.

   Blue Division students are open, cheerful, and curious. They are regularly late for scheduled dates, as they like to move at their own pace. It seems that their favorite interests outside of cooking are talking and fashion. In addition, they also love the arts, such as music, visual arts, and theater.

   Although they are very open, they quarrel occasionally. Due to their passionate personalities, with clearly defined likes and dislikes, fights often erupt over seemingly insignificant details. Once the dust settles, however, they seem to return to being friends almost instantly, either because they know not to worry about the past or because they simply do not hold grudges.

   Blue Division High School, not caring that their team is not officially recognized and the school is regularly low on funds, holds warm relations with a number of other schools. This includes the aforementioned festive schools, as well as Kuromorimine Girls Academy, with whom they hold regular practice matches.

   Materiel Originally Blue Division had only light tanks, such as the Panzer I, Panzer II, and Carro Veloce CV.35, complemented by heavier light tanks such as the BT-5 and the T-26. These formed the backbone of their team for much of their history. They also have one example of each models of the rare and unusual Verdeja tank, the Verdeja I and Verdeja II, a Spanish design.

   With such tanks, people said that the only thing that could ever carry them to victory was their spirit.

   They tried, much like Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War, to improve the firepower of their tanks by doing things such as installing a Breda 20mm autocannon on a Panzer I and putting a short 75mm howitzer on a Verdeja hull. These projects were halted with the acquisition of the newer Panzer IV Ausf.H, various Panzer III models, and several StuG IIIs.

   Tactics Regardless of what tanks Blue Division uses, their tactics remain the same. They prioritize speed and attempted breakthroughs. They appear to be very flexible with their planning, usually having multiple backup plans in the event that their main push fails. These plans, however, are not very practical and are rather unusual; for example, using a StuG III in a frontal charge. While they excel in rapid movements and short engagements, Blue Division suffers in longer, drawn out battles of attrition.

   School ship The appearance and name of Blue Division High School's schoolship currently remains unknown.

   Uniform Blue Division's school uniform consists of a deep-cleavaged blue collared shirt with school insignia on the left sleeve, a black belt with two straps connected to it, a turquoise skirt, black high socks, and black high boots.

   As they do not have an official senshado club, they have no senshado uniforms, so they fight in their school uniforms.

   Behavior & Policy Count High School enjoys a very active Agricultural program, growing and breeding various types of corn. Unusually, Witchcraft, Divination, and other superstitious arts are also a popular course among all students of Count High School. Many of their students learn the ways of the Wicca to become fortune tellers. The students can also be seen playing Oină.

   Every year one or more highly performing students receive the honorary title of "Striga". The sensha-dō club has a tradition that lets the graduates appoint the new tank commander that would succeed them .

   Materiel Their main force consists of the Panzer III Ausf.N (also known as the T-3 in Romanian service), Panzer IV Ausf.G (also known as the T-4 in Romanian service), StuG III Ausf.G (also known as the TAs in Romanian service), LT vz.35 (also known as the R.2 in Romanian service), LT vz.38 (known as T-38 in Romanian service) and a single model of the incredibly rare Mareșal tank destroyer.

   Tactics Witchcraft and Divination have a major role in their Sensha-dō. Regardless of who their enemy is, what tanks they brought or where the match is being played, the tactics to be used by the Count High School for that match is decided through divination. Again, regardless of how impractical, impossible or bizarre the outcome is.

   Count high use a special tactic called "Călușari dance" (named after a folk Romanian dance) in which they use the speed of their tanks to circle the enemy while and using cover of the forest to appear and disappear suddenly and stopping to fire at advantageous times, This tactic was used against Anzio and Saunders.

   School ship The school ship's appearance is unknown.

   Uniform Schoolgirl Count's schoolgirl uniform consists into a dark-tone sailor fuku with the letters C.H.S. (posing for Count High School) on the ribbon bow and the school insignia pinned on the collar (students awarded of the title of "Striga" have another insignia under the school one), free legwear (socks, high-socks or pantyhose) and dark loafers.

   Sensha-dō Count's sensha-dō uniform consists into a gray jacket with a red-bordered collar with red arrow, red-bordered epaulettes and a red-contour on lower-sleeves with a white short-sleeved short dress with an open collar adorned with a red lace lanyard, embroidery at the bottom of the skirt and each side of the chest and a folkloric-patterned belt underneath.

   Physical education Count's physical education uniform consists into a white T-shirt labelled "Iubesc Oină" on the back, a long-short with an outer white lining, white socks and sneakers.

   Background Based in the Soma, Count High School stands out amongst the other schools for their rather unusual beginnings and ways. Rich exiled Romanians Aristocrats permanently settled in Fukushima Prefecture because the area's resemblance of their homeland as Fukushima is home to mountains and hot springs while bordering a sea.

   The spring resorts he built was a first designed to welcome visiting Romanians. Among the regular amusements, divination and other superstitions were popular attractions.

   The number of Romanians on long-term visits reached a point to where a proper school had to be opened to educate their children. Another Romanian Aristocrat was the main sponsor for the new school but as he was a Duke it is unknown why the school have been named Count High School.

   Behavior & Policy No mention is made of their school policies or students' behavior.

   Materiel Their main force is comprised of LT vz. 35 and LT vz. 38 light tanks, with a few Panzer III Model N for additional firepower. A Hetzer modification kit has been fitted to one LT vz. 38, but due to budgetary restrictions only one tank has been modified. They also possess some CKD AH-IV tankettes.

   Tactics They are not accustomed to being a part of a larger force. They may feel uneasy about advanced tactics due to their inexperience, low number of tanks, and the lack of crews, but they are willing to learn from their allies.

   Schoolship The schoolship's appeareance is unknown.

   Uniform School uniform Their school uniform is unknown.

   Sensha-dō uniform Their Sensha-dō uniform is inspired by traditional Czech female folk costume and consists of a short, pleated white dress and shirt with a button fastening, high collar, puffed shoulders, and elbow-length sleeves, a striped belt, and a sleeveless black jacket with two appliques of a caterpillar at bottom part.

   The overall commander, Kafka, is later shown wearing an updated uniform consisting of a darker skirt, a dark blue uniform vest with an aiguilette, gold-bordered red collar tabs, red-bordered shoulder marks with gold insignia, and the school emblem on the upper sleeve. Beneath her skirt she wears red and orange cavalry riding breeches and black knee-high boots. It is unknown whether this uniform is worn by the entire school or just by Kafka.

   Behavior & Policy In general, the students are open and friendly, and though it may not seem like it, their carefree and leisurely nature is simply their own way of getting things done. It seems that their first priority when meeting new people is to befriend them and stand as equals. Koala students are also known to have barbecue parties for absolutely no reason, which tends to create many friends from Saunders due to their friendliness and openness. As legendary as their barbecue parties are, they are more famous for their Australian-style curry, with three different variants each day. They include everything from the ever-popular crab and white squid, to leftovers from ten days ago —but when someone breaks out the Vegemite it tends to scare non-Koala Forest students.

   Due to lack of any traditional seniority hierarchy, it is not uncommon to see students of different grades being close friends, which can confuse first year students new to the concept. In fact, the only reason the Captain and Vice-Captain positions seem to exist is for team coordination, rather than command hierarchy, as all tankers come to the discussion as equals, and are encouraged to come up with their own plans and maneuvers.

   Materiel Their main force consists of the Matilda II Infantry Tank, the M3 Light Tank, the M3 Medium Tank, and various other vehicles such as the domestic AC.I Sentinel and the very rare AC.III Thunderbolt, a tank armed with a 25-pounder gun. It is not known how practical, or even usable the Thunderbolt is, and its rare appearance on the field seems to suggest that Koala Forest is struggling to keep it running, most likely due to its unique prototype nature.

   They also have some experience with various Italian tanks, but those have all been sold cheaply to Anzio.

   Tactics Koala's students, like Anzio's, are extremely skilled in a desert environment.

   Their default tactic is a fast charge (like a cavalry charge). Together with their high morale, this tactic can often prevail against inferior, equal, or even slightly superior opponents, even if it is only rarely successful against significantly stronger opponants. However, if this predominant tactic doesn't work, their morale can quickly falter, which typically results in their defeat —though it must be noted that they are incredibly tenacious, and such a collapse of morale usually only happens against incredibly strong opponents, and even then only during the later stages of an attrition battle.

   When they are not charging the enemy, they are usually putting a wild new tactic into play, as they are very willing to try new things. It seems that these plans either succeed or fail dramatically.

   School ship 2ffa3a74616ca89d6d6a3fb05d7f2730d20abf42r1-284-551v2 hq Koala Forest's sensha-dō uniform.

   KoalaSS Koala School ship

   Koala Forest's school ship design is based on the Invincible-class aircraft carrier. Koala Forest bought its school ship from St. Gloriana.

   Uniform Schoolgirl Their schoolgirl uniform is currently unknown.

   Senshado Their senshado uniform consists in a khaki jacket, khaki shorts, a brown leather Sam Browne belt with a pouch, wool high socks, and black high boots.

   Behavior & Policy While the students are enthusiastic, they are inexperienced, quite clumsy and rather mediocre at shooting. They will rather improve later under Shizuka Tsuruki's guidance.

   One of the school's speciality is the making of Thanaka cosmetics in powder or paste form. It is worn by the students on their faces or sold to raise funds.

   Materiel All tanks they have are only other schools' unwanted leftovers such as the Type 95 Ha-Go.

   Tactics As they are a newly formed team, they haven't any particular tactics.

   Schoolship If they have one their schoolship's appeareance is unknown.

   Uniform Tategoto's uniform consists into Thanaka on their face, a white shirt with Tategoto's logo on the shoulder, black shorts and sandals.

   Behavior & Policy Students share a mentality of focusing on practicality, reliability, and simple appearances. They also have interests in home economics and interior design classes are very high. Although relatively competent and enthusiastic, the Sensha-dō team lacks people and tanks, which causes them problems when trying to enter tournaments.

   Materiel Their main force consists of Stridsvagn m/42 medium tanks and Stridsvagn m/40 light tanks as a supplement.

   Tactics No mentions of their tactics are made.

   Schoolship Their schoolship's appeareance is unknown.

   Uniform Schoolgirl Their schoolgirl uniform is unknown.

   Sensha-dō Their Sensha-Dō uniform consist into a sky-blue spike-horned helmet, a sky-blue viking-style lamellar armor on a white long sleeve robe and black boots.

   Behavior & Policy At first specialized in industry and manufactury, after communication with Belgium broke down they changed to specialize in Belgian food in order to keep their school afloat. As their food became popular, so too did their school gain popularity.

   The school has good relations with Blue Division High School and Anzio Girls High School, who all often unite to present widely popular festivals.

   Their students are conservative and hard working, but also innovative, as they didn't hesitate to switch their school's speciality in order to save the school.

   Material Their force consists of the French AMC-35 and the Belgian T-15 (Belgian version of the Vickers Carden-Loyd 6-Ton). After much negotiation they have managed to acquire some M4(105) Shermans, but they seem to be having issues with the turrets. They also possesses a turretless M24 Chaffee.

   Tactics Their key tactics are unknown.

   Schoolship It is known that Waffle bought and gave a second life to an American schoolship that had been meant to be dismantled, but its appeareance is unknown. They have various facilities to process meats and seafood. They also have a small arts division.

   Uniform As no student has yet been seen, no description of their uniform is available.

   Behavior & Policy Almost all of Yogurt's senshado students operate agricultural vehicles as well as tanks. Alongside their regular agricultural products, Yogurt Academy also grows roses.

   The unofficial motto of the school is “Frugality, Diligence, Patience.” Their dream of having a respectable senshado team might remain a dream for some time, because even if they were to acquire a decent lineup of new tanks, their senshado budget is not enough keep them operational, and so far there's no sign of any improvement to their funding. Even so, the students' patient nature might make the wait a little more bearable.

   Materiel Originally, Yogurt's senshado team consisted of CV-33 tankettes and Panzer 38(t) light tanks with a single Hotchkiss H39 for use in training. As a direct offensive maneuver was very difficult, if not impossible, with just light tanks, the school looked for newer and heavier vehicles. In the end, they managed to get their hands on a Sturmgeschütz III model F/G, Panzer IV model G/H, Jagdpanzer 38(t) “Hetzer”, Jagdpanzer IV/70, and Panther model D/G.

   Though on paper this appears to be a very respectable force, the vehicles' history is more than a little odd. For example, the Sturmgeschütz III is presumed to be an F model, but also has upgrades that are unique to the G model. The Panzer IV has a new drive sprocket and a single-piece 80mm frontal armor plate but is equipped with an original model ZF SSG 76 transmission. Their other tanks are in a similar state, with mismatched serial numbers and odd, nonstandard configurations. Due to their Frankenstein-like nature, it is commonly believed that these vehicles were originally multiple wrecks that were welded into one single working tank. For record-keeping purposes, the Senshado Federation has simply given the tanks new registration numbers and has listed them with multiple model designations for convenience. However, as no major hull or turret component had been fabricated post-war, there were very few issues during their registration process with the Senshado Federation.

   In recent years, these mismatched vehicles have attracted criticism for a lack of balance when compared to original tanks, as certain improved late-war parts could be used to upgrade a tank to make it more capable than it was originally. While technically legal, there are many critics, and it seems that this issue will remain contested for years to come. Another issue, although less controversial, is the mystery behind the tanks' procurement. There are rumors that Kuromorimine quietly provided the tanks to Yogurt Academy. Kuromorimine has denied these claims and has begun its own investigations as to where Yogurt has acquired their vehicles. Yogurt Academy also possesses many agricultural vehicles that are modified from tanks such as the Type 95 and the Panzer III. There have been talks about the possibility of temporarily converting their agricultural vehicles back into combat vehicles if for some reason they have a shortage of tanks.

   Tactics Despite having relatively mobile tanks, Yogurt's tactics revolve around defense. This has lost them many matches, since they often miss opportunities to counterattack.

   School ship As Bulgaria has never had aircraft carriers, the school ship's inspiration is unknown. The ship is relatively small, and a large portion of it is occupied by ranches, farms, and bathing facilities. The bathing facilities are very popular and use spring water from land.

   Uniform As no Yogurt Academy student is ever seen, their uniform is unknown. The only thing known about the uniforms is that roses are worn on them.

   Behavior and policy Students at Kebab are very eccentric, yet humble. They specialize in fine silk clothing and are famous for their coffee business.

   Materiel The few tanks that have been seen are light and cheap R-35s, most likely due to their focus on luxury over senshado.

   Tactics Turan Tactic,a full pincer movement leads to the attacking army facing the enemy in front, on both flanks, and in the rear. If attacking pincers link up in the enemy's rear, the enemy is encircled. Such battles often end in surrender or destruction of the enemy force, but the encircled force can try to break out. They can attack the encirclement from the inside to escape, or a friendly external force can attack from the outside to open an escape route.

   School ship Their school ship's appearance is unknown, assuming that they have a school ship.

   Uniform Kebab's regular school uniform is unknown. Their senshado uniform consists of a fez, a black sleeveless vest with a white blouse underneath, baggy pants, and pointy shoes. The overall commander's uniform consists of a wide headdress, a scarf, a long sleeveless silk and short boots.

   Dejima, fully known as the Dejima Mixed Group, is a currently operational establishment ran by the current administration under the “Prince”, stylized as being the current title for “School President” Taje Abaume. Founded in 1988 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki prefecture as originally a land-based school atop the former Dutch Portuguese artificial island and trade post of Dejima (出島; lit. 'exit island'), also formerly known as Tsukishima (築島; lit. 'built island') and Deshima, with the founder having spent upmost of 700,000,000 Yen (4.7 million) in restoration and purchase of the museum to construct this school.

   During the rise of the Sensha-no-michi (戦車の道; lit. ‘The way of the Tank’, commonly referred to as Sensha-do, Panzerfahren or Panzerkraft) in the 1980’s, the school would adopt the stylisation of the craft, purchasing the Colossus Class Aircraft Carrier, HNLMS Karel Doorman in 1984 (At this point with Argentina, and quite old), modifying it to allow a carrying weight and size considerably smaller then all operation School Ships construed by the government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Monbu-kagaku-shō; lit. ‘Ministry of Letters and Science’; MEXT). This decreased available space on board yet allowed for a much smaller focus to the ship, causing a feel of what people call being Euro-bubbled with the general atmosphere given off by the ship’s on-board layout. This has allowed for the reputation of Dejima to hold some of the best living standards for students in Japan in the wider Sensha-do Federation (戦車連盟の道; lit. ‘Way of the Tank Federation’), dubbed also as the YR (ユースタンカー連盟; lit. Youth Tankers Federation/YTF) by some groups.

   After the creation of Wolf Women’s Academy’s famous Men’s corps, Dejima’s former prince; Rejeta Akatesubba, introduced the creation of the Dejima Men’s Wing and upgraded their Sensha-do team to include permitted roles for tank operations and tank maintenance for men as the second school to allow men into the art. Although this has earned criticism from the Federation back when it was introduced, the Mixed Sensha-do movement (混合タンカーの瞬間; lit. Mixed tanker movement) has been able to protect the action long enough to simply make it life. Currently, Dejima hosts resources to hold upwards of 2000-3000 students on land and school ship combined, making it about the largest upper secondary school in Nagasaki Prefecture and Nagasaki itself, as well as rivalling every other school in manpower.

   Recently, mainly due to inflation, the school has adopted the Euro, with some circles in the school also running a stock market based on the old Dutch guilder, discontinued in 2002 by the Netherlands itself, with printing operations allowing for a surprisingly complicated operation not seen in any other school or Sensha-do Federation member school. The school is also known to host its own prosecution system for the residential side of the school ship. In a recent report from 2010 around 10% of earnings is from foreign deposits, i.e. the Dutch government funding international representation.

   Focusing on the school ship for a second, its composition consists of two sectors simply dubbed the “Proving grounds” and the “Living grounds”, with the latter being the residential as well as (light) industrial and commercial sector for the ship. The training ground features manmade terraformed hilly lands with target practice opportunities and other required necessary training lines, such as a man-made river and swampland created by advanced technology able to simulate bogland. The school on the ship hosts readapted aircraft hangar storage for its fleet of vehicles, and an underground maintenance group to allow for extra space on deck. The whole living area houses about a few thousand residents on average, including family or labour wise, and mainly help to either generate the economy for this school ship (which they tax somewhat) or work a job in the Sensha-do sector or regular commercial or industrial practices.

   Currently as of recent data from the federation suggests, the school hosts itself a fleet of 4 Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TA’s, 5 Marmon-Herrington CTMS-ITB1’s (although 1 has been decommissioned due to lacking restoration equipment), and 3 Marmon-Herrington MTLS-1GI4’s. The school also hosts a small fleet of armoured cars, which contain 2 Pantserwagen M38/Landsverk 180’s, and 3 Pantserwagen M36/Landsverk 181’s. There also is a Mercedes-Benz G 3a, which is a variant produced out of a bare Landsverk 181 chassis used for maintenance duties and recovery. It's estimated that the Dejima Sensha-do club hosts close to 100 or more students, with an extra 12 being junior mechanics and about 10 being employed qualified mechanics in the contractor scheme.

   The Sensha-do cub students of Dejima wear a uniform similar to that of the older uniform of the Dutch army, with a dressing of a grey-blue button-up overwear, with leather webbing atop such wears as well as a belt, which holds up the trousers, which are dark grey in colour. The uniform is not catered to specific gender norms due to the mixed team status. These trousers can be covered up with an overcoat, as well with an added patrol cap and the added H-4016 Headphones with attached T-30 throat microphone. All authentic Dutch accessories.

   In a surprising quirk, it is one of the only schools in the entire nation of Japan to not practice a school uniform for their academic students, as the founder had never advised on usage of a uniform, and since most Dutch schools lack a standard uniform. Thus, in a simple cycle, most 1st year students are usually surprised to see the existence of a uniformness’ school, giving many the vibe of an American school of all things. Usually this ends up with some wearing their previous school’s uniform or attempting to create one, which does happen. Outside of the Sensha-do club, there is no defined uniform, outside of general bans on obviously indecent clothing patterns and styles.

   Taje Abaume, the current President, called a Prince, is a 2nd year student who was given such title a third into her first year.

   The Vice President, called a Stadtholder, is Hirado Miro, is the current Head of the Sensha-do club for Dejima currently, a 3rd year student and crewmember of a M38/Landsverk 180's crew of 5, at the role of commander.

   Tokomo Voorst, a 4th year senior student, is the vice commander for the Sensha-do club and a part of a M38/Landsverk 180 crew of 5 as the commander.

   Eimei Bloem is a 2nd year Sensha-do club member apart of a MTLS-1GI4 crew of 4, with the role of commander.

   Sauske Moorn is a 1st year freshmen and Sensha-do club member apart of Bloem's MTLS-1GI4 crew as gunner.

   Korbua is a male lead of the Sensha-do club mechanic group, who usually is one who operates the Mercades-Benz G 3a.

   Gyóriföld Academy: Gyóriföld Academy, mostly known as Gyór, a shortened version of the name, is a school that participates in Sensha-do, mostly revolving around the Kingdom of Hungary during World War 2.

   Gyór Arsenal: Gyór is considered a major school in Sensha-do, with a wide arsenal of tanks, specifically 1 41M Turán II’s, 4 40M Turán I, 4 38M Toldi I (A20), 3 Toldi II (B20), 3 38M Toldi IIA (B40), 1 T-38 (Panzer 38(t), 1 7.5cm Marder II Tank Destroyer, 2 Toldi III (C40), and 1 Turan III. The C40 and Turan III were completed by restorationists in Kyoto before being placed into service, and a Zryni II was in service of Gyór but it was too faulty and broke down almost every match, so it was replaced by a German Marder II after losing to Kuromorimine in the 60th National High School Sensha-do Tournament. It is important to understand that the main issue within Gyór was the lack of armor on their tanks, with lightly armored tanks that are easily pentrable being their main flaw.

   Gyór History & Info: Gyóriföld Academy was founded in 2004 by a unknown Magyar Hungarian immigrant in Sumoto, initially hosting a land school instead of the widely used school ships. Their school ship was then constructed after signing a contract with the education ministry of Japan, the construction of their schoolship based off of the German Heavy Cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen, having the design be a converted design into a carrier/school ship, extending to 1.62 km in length and allowing 2000 residents, students or family, living on the ship. The school's management and Sensha-do is lead by one girl, a 'Regent', referencing the leader's position of Hungary during World War 2. The starting years of Gyór, their Sensha-do team had a great success with excellent commanders of their Sensha-do team and a wide arsenal. After the resignation of their initial founder of the school, although, and resignation of their following Regent/heads of the school, they had fallen off since their prime. Now, their current Regent is Seme 'Mikolós' Masuromo, a power hungry girl who still tries her best to restore the starting glories of Gyór, much like how the Regent of Hungary, Horthy, tried to restore Hungarian land lost in the Treaty of Trianon.

   Gyór Description: Gyór is not a rich nor poor school, being an in-between, mostly having a land school hosted in Sumoto, Japan, where their school ship docks occasionally. The school is divided into two cliques/factions, similar to BC Freedom and the political party of Hungary under Horthy, the two factions being named the 'Gyóri Guard' (sometimes abbreviated to GG) and the 'Green Cross' (sometimes abbreviated to GC). These two factions represent the political discord of Hungary under Horthy, representing the radical divide between Horthy and a clique named the Arrow Cross. The student's behavior differs between the Gyóri Guard and the Green Cross. The students of the Gyóri Guard is renowned to have a calm, collective almosty puzzling personality, like Darjeeling and St. Gloriana, like their head, Aswa, which their personality is also renowned for instigating fights with the Green Cross due to their humble ignorance. In contrast, the Green Cross is renowned for their short tempered and aggressive personality, mostly the main instigators between the two factions/cliques. The head of the Green Cross is Ijikoro.

   Gyór Attire: The uniform given to the students of Gyor’s Sensha-do program look to be darkish looking green-olive coloured overwear, buttoned up, and a dark gray shirt underneath. The trousers are usually worn in winter and usually are held by a belt, coloured in a dark grey looking colour mixed with the green, which can be covered with a greatcoat. For headgear, they wear a unidentified patrol cap with radio gear probably from Kuromorimine, but most notably the commanders and tank commanders do not wear head gear. A skirt coloured white, or olive green can also be worn, typically during the summer season. The uniform for students shows to be like that of most other schools in the Sensha-do Federation, like a lend lease of sorts.

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   Taje Abaume, the current President, called a Prince, is a 2nd year student who was given such title a third into her first year. She stands at a small 4 foot 11 inches and is described to have done up and neat black hair going shoulder length, blue eyes, A-Cup breasts, small ass & thighs, no pubic hair, thinned size and healthy, with no toning. With current information, she was born in Nagasaki prefecture and moved to live on the school ship permanently for the current school position held. Usually, she is conflicting with her behaviour outside of bureaucracy shared with Miro and others as she both is quiet and almost chatterbox, depending on if she knows someone well enough. She is also described as timid and in general seems to act in a simple but effective manner. Being an academic student, she has avoided joining the Sensha-do club entirely and is mainly devoted to public events rather than the Sensha-do club, letting Miro take lead for that. It is to note the stereotype where a school president is the commanding head for the Sensha-do club being broken with her in a way.

   The Vice President, called a Stadtholder, is Hirado Miro, is the current Head of the Sensha-do club for Dejima currently, a 3rd year student and crewmember of a M38/Landsverk 180's crew of 5, at the role of commander. She stands at 6 feet flat and is described to have simple dark brown hair, going shoulder length, grey eyes, DD-Cup breasts, medium ass & thighs, minor pubic hair, average size and fit, with no toning. A rather direct but aggressive and persistent annoyance, she is also one of the busiest women in Dejima's work, being called a Workhorse with what she does, which probably contribute to her being pissed half the time. Working as head of the Sensha-do club and as vice president, sharing bureaucratic duties with Taje, she is nearly always needing to work in a way unless given break. The Sensha-do club mainly gets work for the treaties and such with other schools, while she also handles the representation of Dejima in the unrecognized league. Knowing the problems with representation in the actual Sensha-do world and federation she always tries convincing touring members of the federation's schools who visit to support them, such as hosting a small dinner with Saint Gloriana and a war game with Kuromorimine. Outside of that, Miro personally likes to garden and hosts herself a small garden at her residence and wishes to work at a botanical garden someday. Oh yeah, a student one time assumed Miro was blind for having grey eyes.

   Tokomo Voorst, a 4th year senior student, is the vice commander for the Sensha-do club and a part of a M38/Landsverk 180 crew of 5 as the commander. She stands at 5 foot 10 inches and is described to have cream-white messy hair going to shoulder length, hazel eyes, BB-Cup breasts, large ass & thighs, no pubic hair, slightly skinny sized and fit, with minor toning. Being the most senior member of the Sensha-do club, she is charged with the stratagem of battles and as the vice-commander of the whole team. Innitally this was a buredon starting at 2nd year, with herself now having grown into this role. Being a strategist by heart now, she has become reclusive and usually lacks social contact with the little friends she has. It's known by about 2 very close friends on her secret passion for tabletop games, i.e. Warhammer 40,000. It is a closeted secret and not expressed unless someone is a genuine friend of her.

   Eimei Bloem is a 2nd year Sensha-do club member apart of a MTLS-1GI4 crew of 4, with the role of commander. She stands at 5 foot 8 inches and is described to have short brown hair going to shoulders done up in a medium pigtail, brown eyes, D-Cup breasts, medium-large ass & thighs, no pubic hair, average sized and fit, not toned. Bloem is part Dutch and came to the school originally with her brother Augaustus Bloem, who left after the 1st year to a different school in Osaka. Bloem has a habit of attachment, and as soon as speaking to someone they almost immediately attempt such nearly every available time. If this is attachment issues or just chatterbox behaviour is not fully agreed on. She in general is perceived as a careless and reckless child-like woman due to this. In personal freedom she loves some gambling though. She also is a practically academic student, with a higher focus on Academia then Sensha-do

   Sauske Moorn is a 1st year freshmen and Sensha-do club member apart of Bloem's MTLS-1GI4 crew as gunner. She stands at 5 foot 5 inches and is described to have silver hair going to shoulders, hazel eyes, DD-Cup breasts, medium-large ass & thighs, minor pubic hair, average sized and fit, not toned. Sauske is a 1st year who got to Dejima about half a year ago and joined the club a month after joining Dejima. She generally aids repairs with tools and has a close bond with Bloem as the gunner of her MTLS-1GI4. Unlike other members who hate Bloem to an extent after meeting her once, Sauske generally likes Bloem for the fact she feels entertaining to her. Sauske is somewhat tsundere in behaviour.

   Korbua is a male lead of the Sensha-do club mechanic group, who usually is one who operates the Mercades-Benz G 3a. He stands at 5 foot 10 inches and is described to have simple brown hair going near shoulders, blue eyes, average ass & thighs, little pubic hair, average sized and fit, with minor toning. Being a 3rd year student and a natural mechanic, one time the men decided to run a mock election between Korbua and a kid called Opauka, with the challenge to fix a door. Koruba won this and was put as "Male Lead". This joke manifested into him becoming the direct "controller" of the mechanics department. Koruba loves drinking games and is quite tolerant in alcohol, being able to drink alot, if they don't just pass out after trying to down 3 litres immediately. This is usually kept away from the school though. He usually has a simple and easy-going personality with nothing much.

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