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[[Image:BWStG4414.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Gundula Rall strikes a badass pose with her StG 44 as she orders the Brave Witches to take off. (Ep.11)]] | [[Image:BWStG4414.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Gundula Rall strikes a badass pose with her StG 44 as she orders the Brave Witches to take off. (Ep.11)]] | ||
[[Image:BWStG4415.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Leading the charge, Gundula opens fire with her Sturmgewehr. (Ep.11)]] | [[Image:BWStG4415.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Leading the charge, Gundula opens fire with her Sturmgewehr. (Ep.11)]] | ||
− | [[Image:BWStG4416.jpg|600px|thumb|none|After salvaging a shard of the core of ''Gustav'''s magic-infused high explosive | + | [[Image:BWStG4416.jpg|600px|thumb|none|After salvaging a shard of the core of ''Gustav'''s magic-infused high-explosive shell, Gundula jury-rigs it onto her rifle's grenade. The launcher is mostly unchanged from the original Leuchtpistole, the notable difference being the lack of a pistol grip. (Ep.12)]] |
[[Image:BWStG4417.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Gundula takes off, giving a good look at the improvised magic grenade as well as her brand new Bf 109 K-4 striker, picked up by Waltrud and company during the mission to Murmansk. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWStG4417.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Gundula takes off, giving a good look at the improvised magic grenade as well as her brand new Bf 109 K-4 striker, picked up by Waltrud and company during the mission to Murmansk. (Ep.12)]] | ||
[[Image:BWStG4418.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The special grenade is fired. Being a small shard of the original magic crystal, it only has the power to punch a small hole through the hive's clouds rather than disperse them entirely, but that's enough. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWStG4418.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The special grenade is fired. Being a small shard of the original magic crystal, it only has the power to punch a small hole through the hive's clouds rather than disperse them entirely, but that's enough. (Ep.12)]] | ||
[[Image:BWStG4419.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Blocking a lighting attack from Grigori, Waltrud leads the way into the depths of the hive. Waltrud uses a regular StG 44 without a launcher during this battle. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWStG4419.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Blocking a lighting attack from Grigori, Waltrud leads the way into the depths of the hive. Waltrud uses a regular StG 44 without a launcher during this battle. (Ep.12)]] | ||
[[Image:BWStG4420.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A front-end view of Waltrud's rifle as she helps thin out Grigori's snake-like defences. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWStG4420.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A front-end view of Waltrud's rifle as she helps thin out Grigori's snake-like defences. (Ep.12)]] | ||
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+ | ==Karabiner 98k== | ||
+ | The firing range at the Brave Witches' base in Petersburg features a number of [[Karabiner 98k]]s, presumably for use by the base's non-witch personnel. Rather bizarrely, in one specific shot they turn into lever-action rifles; given the setting they are most likely Russian-contract [[Winchester Model 1895]]s. | ||
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+ | [[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWK981.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A detailed shot of the Kar 98ks in the opening credits; these rifles can also be seen in any scene at the firing range. (OP)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWK982.jpg|600px|thumb|none|In this shot, specifically this angle at this time of day (as in, this piece of background artwork) they turn into lever-action rifles. (Ep.8)]] | ||
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+ | ==Solothurn S-18/100== | ||
+ | Flight Lieutenant Takami Karibuchi wields a [[Solothurn S-18 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle|Solothurn S-18/100]] fitted with its scope as her weapon of choice. A powerful precision weapon such as the S-18 pairs well with Takami's Magic Eye and Absolute Magic Eye abilities, which allow her to see Neuroi cores, and see ''multiple'' cores from a distance, respectively. Takami's rifle is also temporarily used by Hikari, and Gundula Rall later uses one as well. | ||
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+ | [[Image:BWS181.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Takami Karibuchi prepares for takeoff, S-18/100 in hand. Note that she's using two fingers for the trigger, as designed, and also using one of the bipod legs for off-hand support. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS182.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The S-18's massive muzzle flash, as Takami opens fire on the large group of Neuroi threatening the fleet. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS183.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A ''gorgeous'' look at a medium-type Neuroi disintegrating from well-placed shots by Takami. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS184.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Getting a bit desperate, Takami starts taking a few more shots than before to down each Neuroi. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS185.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Left with no alternatives, Takami uses her Absolute Magic Eye ability, letting her see and target ''all'' of the Neuroi cores, but at the cost of severely weakening her shield and being extremely taxing on her body and mind. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS186.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Takami opens fire on the five remaining medium-type Neuroi. Throughout this battle, Takami manages to fire 23 rounds from her S-18/100, which only has a 10-round magazine. She fires 11 rounds (a full magazine plus a round in the chamber) before a hard cut to another scene for a potential off-screen reload, however after this she fires 12 rounds without reloading. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS187.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Takami takes down the five Neuroi with one shot each, and then, utterly spent, crashes back onto the carrier's deck. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS188.jpg|600px|thumb|none|It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Hikari took up her sister's rifle. As well as Takami's beloved N1K4-J striker, named ''Chidori''. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS189.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Hikari opens fire with the S-18/100, not used to its heavy recoil. Making even more use of the S-18's apparently bottomless mag, Hikari fires 15 rounds from its 10-round magazine. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1810.jpg|600px|thumb|none|After colliding with one of the Neuroi, Hikari discovers that she has what would later be identified as Contact Magic Eye, allowing her to see Neuroi cores, but only if she makes physical contact with the Neuroi. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1811.jpg|600px|thumb|none|After three months in a coma, plus a three week return trip, Takami Karibuchi arrives in Petersburg. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1812.jpg|600px|thumb|none|During a competition to determine which Karibuchi sister will remain with the 502nd, Gundula uses an S-18/100. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1813.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Gundula dodges Neuroi beams as the group discusses how to solve the core-inside-a-core problem. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1814.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A fantastic look at the rifle's front end and residual muzzle blast, as Gundula takes out the Neuroi for good. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1815.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Takami fights her way towards Grigori, alongside the rest of the Brave Witches. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1816.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Back-to-back with her old partner, Takami and Naoe lay waste to a group of Neuroi. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1817.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Out of Neuroi and with its protective cloud dissipated, Grigori deploys its last line of defence. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1818.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Takami drops her Solothurn on the disabled ''Dora'' railway gun, intending to retrieve and deliver its enormous magic-infused armour-piercing shell manually. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1819.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Now with her rifle, Takami again makes use of her Absolute Magic Eye. (Ep.12)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWS1820.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Although she succeeds in locating the core-within-a-core, the effort again takes its toll, as Takami and her Solothurn fall back to Earth. (Ep.12)]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:23, 13 September 2020
Work In Progress This article is still under construction. It may contain factual errors. See Talk:Brave Witches for current discussions. Content is subject to change. |
The story of Brave Witches begins in September, 1944, shortly before the destruction of the Neuroi hive over Gallia by the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, the Strike Witches. Witch-in-training Hikari Karibuchi, younger sister to veteran witch Takami Karibuchi, volunteers for deployment to Europe to bolster witch forces in the ever-worsening conflict with the alien Neuroi. After managing to (technically) pass her acceptance trial, Hikari is assigned to the Suomus Independent Volunteer Aerial Squadron (set to be reorganized into the 507th JFW, the Silent Witches) while Takami is assigned to the 502nd JFW, the Brave Witches; the Karibuchi sisters depart for Europe on the same day news of the Gallia hive's destruction reaches Fuso newspapers.
After three weeks of travel through the Arctic Ocean, their carrier group comes under attack by Neuroi, and Takami ultimately ends up comatose after using her Absolute Magic Eye ability to decimate most of the Neuroi. Hikari volunteers to take Takami's place in the 502nd, a high-risk frontline assignment, despite Hikari herself having relatively low magic ability, which she also has poor control over. The story of Brave Witches follows Hikari's struggle to prove herself as a witch in the harsh environment of the Eastern Front, and to fit in with a squadron she was never supposed to be a part of.
Chronologically, Brave Witches takes place after Strike Witches, and before Strike Witches 2.
For more in-depth explanations of the lore and setting of the World Witches universe, see the first season's page.
Warning: Some descriptions and images are spoilers for the series, read at your own risk.
The following weapons were used in the anime series Brave Witches:
Pistols
FP-45 Liberator
An additional spoiler warning: This pistol is key to events in the series finale, something avoidable on most other Witches pages due to the climax usually not directly involving a firearm.
An FP-45 Liberator is shipped to the 502nd JFW base in Petersburg, Orussia along with other weapons and supplies. Hikari takes a liking to the strange-looking pistol, at first not realizing it's even a gun. Waltrud Krupinski plays along and convinces Hikari it's actually a "Celtic magic talisman" as it's "shaped like a rune". Hikari wears it around her neck for the mission to Murmansk, during which she gives it back to Waltrud still thinking it's a good-luck charm. Some time later, Waltrud returns the Liberator to Hikari, who places it in her pocket and forgets about it...
Submachine Guns
KP/-31
At least one KP/-31 submachine gun is among the supplies sent to the Brave Witches' base. It's likely intended for use by Nikka Katajainen, the only Suomus witch in 502nd, though it's not seen used in the show. The KP/-31 was a mainstay weapon of many Suomus witches earlier in the war and prominently seen in the Witches of Aurora manga, which focuses on Nikka, Eila Juutilainen, and other Suomus witches of LLv.24, including Eini Luukkanen, Laura Nissinen, and Hanna Wind, as well as Eila's sister Aurora, a tank witch.
MP 40
Karlsland soldiers operating artillery and supporting other elements of Operation Freyja are mostly armed with MP 40 submachine guns.
Assault Rifles & Rifles
StG 44
Flying Officer Waltrud Krupinski uses a Sturmgewehr 44 as her weapon of choice, while Squadron Leader Gundula Rall also uses one on occasion. The StG 44s are sometimes equipped with a fictional grenade launcher based on (and likely developed from, in an in-universe sense) the Leuchtpistole 34; the grenades fired from the launcher are rocket-propelled.
Karabiner 98k
The firing range at the Brave Witches' base in Petersburg features a number of Karabiner 98ks, presumably for use by the base's non-witch personnel. Rather bizarrely, in one specific shot they turn into lever-action rifles; given the setting they are most likely Russian-contract Winchester Model 1895s.
Solothurn S-18/100
Flight Lieutenant Takami Karibuchi wields a Solothurn S-18/100 fitted with its scope as her weapon of choice. A powerful precision weapon such as the S-18 pairs well with Takami's Magic Eye and Absolute Magic Eye abilities, which allow her to see Neuroi cores, and see multiple cores from a distance, respectively. Takami's rifle is also temporarily used by Hikari, and Gundula Rall later uses one as well.