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At least one [[Suomi KP/-31|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. | At least one [[Suomi KP/-31|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. | ||
− | [[Image:SuomiM31.jpg|thumb|none|400px|KP/-31 - 9x19mm]] | + | [[Image:SuomiM31.jpg|thumb|none|400px|KP/-31 - 9x19mm Parabellum]] |
[[Image:BWKP311.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A KP/-31 and StG 44 sit unloaded as Nikka and Naoe finish unpacking supplies. The KP/-31 has a pair of stick magazines, as opposed to the more iconic drum. (Ep.8)]] | [[Image:BWKP311.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A KP/-31 and StG 44 sit unloaded as Nikka and Naoe finish unpacking supplies. The KP/-31 has a pair of stick magazines, as opposed to the more iconic drum. (Ep.8)]] | ||
[[Image:BWKP312.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Nikka and Laura Nissinen flying B-239 strikers and using KP/-31 SJRs fitted with drum mags in official artwork set during Nikka's time with LLv.24. The SJR variant features a muzzle brake. (Art)]] | [[Image:BWKP312.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Nikka and Laura Nissinen flying B-239 strikers and using KP/-31 SJRs fitted with drum mags in official artwork set during Nikka's time with LLv.24. The SJR variant features a muzzle brake. (Art)]] | ||
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Karlsland soldiers operating artillery and supporting other elements of Operation Freyja are mostly armed with [[MP40|MP 40]] submachine guns. | Karlsland soldiers operating artillery and supporting other elements of Operation Freyja are mostly armed with [[MP40|MP 40]] submachine guns. | ||
− | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP 40 - 9x19mm]] | + | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum]] |
[[Image:BWMP401.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Grigori looms over the infantry and Panzer IVs. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWMP401.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Grigori looms over the infantry and Panzer IVs. (Ep.12)]] | ||
[[Image:BWMP402.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Neuroi shards flutter to Earth over the allied troops, providing a decent look at one of their MP 40s. (Ep.12)]] | [[Image:BWMP402.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Neuroi shards flutter to Earth over the allied troops, providing a decent look at one of their MP 40s. (Ep.12)]] | ||
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=Assault Rifles & Rifles= | =Assault Rifles & Rifles= | ||
==StG 44== | ==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. | + | Flying Officer Waltrud Krupinski of Karlsland uses a [[Sturmgewehr 44]] as her weapon of choice, while Squadron Leader Gundula Rall, also of Karlsland, uses one on occasion as well. Their StG 44s are sometimes equipped with a fictional grenade launcher based on (and likely developed from, in an in-universe sense) the [[Leuchtpistole|Leuchtpistole 34]]; the grenades fired from the launcher are rocket-propelled. |
[[Image:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|StG 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]] | [[Image:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|StG 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]] | ||
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[[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: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: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- | + | [[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-A Shiden Kai 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: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: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:BWS1811.jpg|600px|thumb|none|After three months in a coma, plus a three week return trip, Takami Karibuchi arrives in Petersburg. Note that Takami is flying a replacement N1K striker, marked "45", as Hikari has been using ''Chidori''. (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: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: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: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:BWS1815.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Once again flying ''Chidori'', 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: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:BWS1817.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Out of Neuroi and with its protective cloud dissipated, Grigori deploys its last line of defence. (Ep.11)]] | ||
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[[Image:BWS1819.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Now with her rifle, Takami again makes use of her Absolute Magic Eye. (Ep.12)]] | [[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)]] | [[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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+ | =Machine Guns= | ||
+ | ==Bren Mk 1 (M)== | ||
+ | The [[Bren Gun|Bren]] makes a brief appearance used by Sergeant Nora Taylor of 804 Naval Air Squadron, the sole witch escort for the Britannian supply convoy to Murmansk. Although referred to as a Britannian witch due to serving in the Fleet Air Arm, Nora is actually from Australis. Similarly, although dialogue suggests she was shot down defending the convoy, she in fact crash landed after repelling the initial Neuroi attack. A lone witch launching to defend a convoy and subsequently crash-landing is a reference to the real-world Royal Navy's use of CAM Ships, which were fitted with a Hurricane mounted to a catapult, intended to defend the convoy from raiders, such as Fw 200 Condors, and then bail out or ditch the aircraft with the pilot recovered by one of the ships. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Bren gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Bren Mk 1 (M) - .303 British]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWBren1.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Out of the fight, an unconscious Nora and her Bren lie on the deck of one of the armed merchant ships. (Ep.8)]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==DP-27== | ||
+ | Flight Lieutenant Aleksandra "Sasha" Pokryshkin of Orussia uses a [[Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun#Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28|DP-27]], as does Pilot Officer Georgette "Jose" Lemare of Gallia, who served as a member of the Normandie-Niemen squadron before joining the 502nd JFW. Prior to being transferred to Normandie-Niemen Georgette used a Bren, like other witches of the Free Gallian Air Force. | ||
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+ | [[Image:DP-28.jpg|thumb|400px|none|DP-27 - 7.62x54mmR]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP271.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Georgette fires on a large Neuroi with her DP-27. (Ep.1)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP272.jpg|600px|thumb|none|As the Brave Witches arrive to help, Aleksandra opens fire with her Degtyaryov. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP273.jpg|600px|thumb|none|DP-27 in hand, Georgette flies through some inclement weather with Sadako Shimohara and Hikari Karibuchi. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP274.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Over Petrozavodsk, the giant weather machine Neuroi sends a blast of air cold enough to instantly coat Sadako and Jose's guns in ice, rendering them inoperable. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP275.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Georgette struggles with her DP-27's charging handle, trying to get it working again. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP276.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Aleksandra fires her DP-27 at the artillery Neuroi that's been attacking Petersburg, as it buries itself back under the snow. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP277.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Moments later, Sasha turns to see smoke rising from the city. Gundula later specifically states this shot was fired from 88km outside of Petersburg, showing its location as being nearly due-East of the city, on a large peninsula at the southern end of Lake Ladoga. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP278.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Sasha fires on the Neuroi acting as a spotter for the artillery Neuroi, capable of transforming itself to resemble other objects and hide within Petersburg. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP279.jpg|600px|thumb|none|As the city has been long-evacuated, Aleksandra doesn't consider collateral damage to be an issue, firing her DP-27 down Petersburg's empty streets. Note the "White 100" marking on her MiG I-225 striker, the same as her real world namesake. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2710.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A close-up of the Degtyaryov as Aleksandra flies alongside the spotter Neuroi, one street over. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2711.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Sasha remembers something important about the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, and takes off to investigate. (Ep.6)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2712.jpg|600px|thumb|none|An excellent look at the front end of Georgette's DP-27, as she fires on small-type ground Neuroi in Petrozavodsk. (Ep.8)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2713.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Jose and Sadako mop up the last of the Neuroi in that city, allowing use of the railway line between Petersburg and Murmansk. (Ep.8)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2714.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Georgette manoeuvres around a large space station like Neuroi, giving a fantastic look at her DP-27 and Arsenal V.G.39 striker. (Ep.9)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2715.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Laying down fire on the sea mine Neuroi, Georgette asks how they're supposed to defeat a Neuroi whose core can regenerate. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2716.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Sasha attempts to thin out the countless small Neuroi emerging from the sea mine Neuroi. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2717.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Nikka and Georgette protect ''Gustav'' and ''Dora'' as the battle begins. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2718.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The Brave Witches lift ''Dora'''s massive armour-piercing shell together, to drop it right on top of Grigori. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2719.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Jose tends to an unconscious Takami, her DP-27 resting on her striker beside them. (Ep.12)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWDP2720.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Sasha puts her DP-27 to work, as she and Sadako lay down suppressive fire inside Grigori's protective clouds. (Ep.12)]] | ||
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+ | ==MG 42== | ||
+ | [[MG42|MG 42]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:MG42 Left.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG 42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
+ | [[File:MG34 Patronentrommel34.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG 34 with Patronentrommel 34 for reference - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWMG421.jpg|600px|thumb|none| (Ep.)]] | ||
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+ | ==Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai== | ||
+ | [[Type 99 cannon|Type 99]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | For the rather lengthy technical explanation of the witches' Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai variant, [[Strike Witches#Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai|see its first season entry]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[image:Type_99-1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 99 Mark 1 in pintle mount configuration - 20x72mmRB]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai design.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai design artwork - 13.2x99mm Hotchkiss]] | ||
+ | [[Image:BWT991.jpg|600px|thumb|none| (Ep.)]] | ||
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Revision as of 06:26, 18 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 of Karlsland uses a Sturmgewehr 44 as her weapon of choice, while Squadron Leader Gundula Rall, also of Karlsland, uses one on occasion as well. Their 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.
Machine Guns
Bren Mk 1 (M)
The Bren makes a brief appearance used by Sergeant Nora Taylor of 804 Naval Air Squadron, the sole witch escort for the Britannian supply convoy to Murmansk. Although referred to as a Britannian witch due to serving in the Fleet Air Arm, Nora is actually from Australis. Similarly, although dialogue suggests she was shot down defending the convoy, she in fact crash landed after repelling the initial Neuroi attack. A lone witch launching to defend a convoy and subsequently crash-landing is a reference to the real-world Royal Navy's use of CAM Ships, which were fitted with a Hurricane mounted to a catapult, intended to defend the convoy from raiders, such as Fw 200 Condors, and then bail out or ditch the aircraft with the pilot recovered by one of the ships.
DP-27
Flight Lieutenant Aleksandra "Sasha" Pokryshkin of Orussia uses a DP-27, as does Pilot Officer Georgette "Jose" Lemare of Gallia, who served as a member of the Normandie-Niemen squadron before joining the 502nd JFW. Prior to being transferred to Normandie-Niemen Georgette used a Bren, like other witches of the Free Gallian Air Force.
MG 42
Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai
For the rather lengthy technical explanation of the witches' Type 99-2 Model 2 Kai variant, see its first season entry.