The following weapons were used in the anime series Shirobako:
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
The Heckler & Koch MP5A3 is seen with Anti-Firearms Squad officers busting into a stadium in an in-universe anime episode draft for Exodus! in "What Do You Think I Was Trying to Say?".
Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with Navy trigger group and MP5F stock - 9x19mm
AFS officers bust into the stadium in "What Do You Think I Was Trying to Say?".
AFS officers aim their MP5s at the Exodolls for no reasons, other than this was an attempt by Director Seiichi Kinoshita to
breath life into the final episode.
Another angle of the MP5A3s aimed at the stadium stage.
Heckler & Koch UMP
The Heckler & Koch UMP is seen in an anime cell of a Ghost in the Shell parody scene in "Did You Catch Any?".
Heckler & Koch UMP40 - .40 S&W
[[File:ShirobakoE19 00.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The UMP with the folded in the anime cell of a Ghost in the Shell parody scene in "Did You Catch Any?".
Machine Guns
Browning M3
The Browning M3 is seen with ex-Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces F-86s.
Browning M3 Aircraft - .50 BMG
An ex-JASDF Blue Impulse F-86 on static display at JASDF Hanamatsu Air Base in "What's Your Favorite Color?".
DEFA cannon
The DEFA cannon is seen with IAI Kfirs.
A green Kfir flying in the second opening sequence, "Treasure Box". The OP shows that it's used by Misa Todo.
An Israeli Air force Kfir on the manga cover of Third Aerial Girls Squad in "What's Your Favorite Color?".
The Kfir flying above water as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer in "Where Am I...".
General Dynamics GAU-22/A
The General Dynamics GAU-22/A is seen with Lockheed Martin F-35s
Three F-35s flying above water as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer in "Where Am I...".
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 is seen with a MiG-23.
Grayzev-Shipunov GSh-23L - 23x115mm
A violet MiG-23 flying in the second opening sequence, "Treasure Box". The OP shows that it's used by Midori Imai.
The MiG-23 flying above water as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer in "Where Am I...".
JM61A1/M61A1 Vulcan
The JM61A1 Vulcan, a licensed version of the M61A1, is seen with JASDF jets. The M61A1 Vulcan is seen with a F-4 Phamtom in the second opening sequence, "Treasure Box".
GE M61A1 Vulcan Cannon - 20x102mm
A yellow Mitsubishi F-1 flying in the second opening sequence, "Treasure Box". The OP shows that it's used by Aoi Miyamori.
A pink F-4 Phantom II flying after the Mitsubishi F1. The OP shows that it's used by Shizuka Sakaki.
An ex-JASDF Mitsubishi T2 on static display at JASDF Hanamatsu Air Base in "What's Your Favorite Color?".
An ex-JASDF Mitsuibishi F-104J on static display at JASDF Hanamatsu Air Base.
The Third Girls Aerial Squad staff examine an animated F1 with a fuel intake panel for aerial refueling in "Will These Drawings Work?". The episode correctly mentions thhat actual F1s with the JASDF don't use them in reality since at the time of adoption, the Asia-Pacific countries didn't like the idea of a demilitarized Japan having such capabilities for an air force.
An annoucement page for The Third Girls Aerial Squad with a F1 in the background in "Where Am I...".
The F1 seen on a Third Girls Aerial Squad draft script by Musashino Animation.
A USAF F-4 Phantom II makes a landing as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer.
The F1 (right) flying above water as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer.
Oerlikon KCA
The Oerlikon KCA is seen with a Saab 37 Viggen.
A blue Saab 37 Viggen flying in the second opening sequence, "Treasure Box". The OP shows that it's used by Ema Yasuhara.
The Viggen flying above water as seen on a Third Aerial Girls Squad PV trailer in "Where Am I...".
Sumitomo M2HB
The Sumitomo M2HB is seen mounted on a Mitsubishi Type 16 MCV in the in-universe final episode of Exodus! in "Exodus Christmas".
The Type 16 MCV chasing the girls in an
Exodus!! episode in "Exodus Christmas. If you think about it, this seems... excessive.
Sumitomo Type 74
The Sumitomo Type 74 is seen mounted on a Mitsubishi Type 16 MCV in the in-universe final episode of Exodus! in "Exodus Christmas".
Sumitomo Type 74 - 7.62x51mm NATO.
The Type 16 MCV chasing the girls in an
Exodus!! episode in "Exodus Christmas. If you think about it, this seems... excessive.
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