MeruFM posted:

Miho was actually michael wittmann all along

Falken posted:

Not moeblobs, but..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hxsQCVB68&t=768s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYSRbIhrcfo&t=1032s

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Rival Team Research

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Though much is at stake, the tankers look forwards to the battle. They shine in their strive to to deepen their friendship and love through friendly competition. Here, we introduce Oarai Girls School, St. Gloriana Girl's High School, and the others that have made the National Senshado Tournament an unforgettable experience.

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Hailing from the Port of Yokohama, St. Gloriana Girls High School is a distinguished institution that emphasizes the importance of formality and etiquette of the English. It is one of the schools who is held in high regards in the prestigious sport of Senshado. With sociability a high priority, regular formal parties are not uncommon. Due to this, many students are ready to host a tea party at any time.

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Due to their traditional ways, most team captains of St. Gloriana prefer to utilize the more conservative infantry tanks over the more aggressive cruiser tanks. Tanks of foreign design that were in British service will not be considered in matches.

Because St. Gloriana takes pride in its tradition, the crews are very skilled in the vehicles used today, but have trouble commanding unfamiliar vehicles, even vehicles that are British in origin.

Currently in use are the Churchill Infantry Tank Mk. VII, the Matilda Infantry Tank Mk II, and the Crusader Tank Mk. III and Mk. IV. Due to the Mk. IV needing repairs, only the Mk. III appeared in the tournament.

Though many other British vehicles have heavier firepower than the Matilda II, there has been a staunch opposition to completely replace them by the nostalgic alumni.

For training the Light Tank Mk.6 is used.

Due to the rather secretive nature of St. Gloriana’s Automotive classes the exact numbers and models of the vehicles they possess are a mystery, including many rare and prototype vehicles.

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Along with regular studies, St. Gloriana heavily promotes other activities such as sports, the arts, and various volunteer work. To graduate with only academic achievements is difficult, enrollment and showing dedication in elective classes is a must. This also applies to potential students wishing to enroll into St. Gloriana. Though Senshado is a large factor in attracting students, such is the reputation of the Tea Garden that some enroll for that reason only.

Many members of the Tea Garden are also members of the Senshado team, with the senior members usually crewing the higher-ranking positions such as Commander or Gunner.

Members of the Tea Garden are unmatched in the subject of manners, formalities, and social behavior, along with extremely good academic grades. Many choose Senshado as a way of joining the Tea Garden, with their ultimate goal being presented the chance to share a name with a type of tea. However, the individual’s skill in a tank does not guarantee entrance.

Even after graduation, the members of the Tea Garden still have much influence in the school, occasionally donating sums of money along with opinions on how the school should be run. In addition, there are three rather influential organizations run by the alumni that promote the use of their chosen tank, these are the Matilda Club, the Churchill Club, and the Crusader Club.

To be invited to the Tea Garden for a tea party is considered one of the highest honors that could be bestowed to a student of St. Gloriana. These parties are usually held to prepare the next generation of Senshado tank crews.

While St. Gloriana prides itself as the school for the elite, excessive gaudiness and extravagance is looked down upon, especially at tea parties. For these occasions, simple, yet elegant clothing is desired. Like one’s clothing, manners and behaviors are to be kept humble and respectful. How one gracefully stands and speaks has more importance than any kind or amount of flattery or pomp.

Still, their high-class appearance and countless customs have brought them a reputation as a rather prideful group by other schools, which sometimes makes inter-school relations and relations with the rest of the country somewhat difficult. Another reason is that the English culture is very difficult to understand compared to the other schools or the culture of Japan.

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Their obsession with tea and lack of care with actual meals is often the butt of jokes at other schools.

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Their preferred strategy is a slow but unbreakable assault with the goal of breaking enemy lines all while seeing how neatly they can keep their ranks while doing so. Due to their doctrine emphasizing concentrated fire, St. Gloriana tanks usually keep together in large groups. Due to, and because of, the slow relative speed of their tanks, shooting on the move is both required and an advantage, allowing for somewhat accurate fire while charging towards the enemy. The crews must trust and understand their leader, and the leader must trust and understand her crews for this tactic to work. To master and to pass on this knowledge is thought to be the highest priority before one graduates.

Overall, victories and defeats are considered less important than a fair and honorable match with a similarly honorable rival. To give praise to the victor as the defeated, or to give praise to the defeated as the victor is the St. Gloriana way.

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The Tankers of St. Gloriana

Darjeeling
Birthday is September 17th, is currently 17 years old.
Blood Type AB.
From Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, current residence is at the Woman’s Dormitories of St. Gloriana. Girl’s High School.
Good grades overall, does best in English Classes.
Her favorite snack and drink is Yorkshire Pudding and Darjeeling.
Favorite Quote “With Good Conduct, comes Great Beauty.”

Orange Pekoe
Birthday is July 10th, is currently 16 years old.
Blood Type is O.
From Yokohama, current residence is at the Woman’s Dormitories of St. Gloriana.
Good overall grades, but has trouble in Arithmetic classes.
Likes a snack called Boku Raifuru, and also enjoys and Orange Pekoe-grade Black Tea.
Favorite Quote “A Person Who is not Happy is no Different than One that has Nothing.”

Assam
Birthday is December 8th, currently 17 years old.
Blood Type is O.
From Yokohama, current residence is at the Woman’s Dormitories of St. Gloriana.
Grades are excellent, but has trouble in Chinese Classical Literature classes.
Enjoys eating Ginger Nuts and drinking Assam Tea.
Favorite Quote “The Truth conquers All.”

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Maple High School

From the Port of Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

The story of Maple High School begins in 1877, when Manzo Nagano, the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, arrived in British Colombia. A few short years later, over 10,000 Japanese had immigrated to Canada, and by 1889, the number of Japanese immigrants was so significant in a few cities that their local governments were forced to enact a bread ration. In an effort to ease tensions, the Canadian and Japanese governments began talks to begin a new international relationship. The Canadian ambassadors on a diplomatic mission soon arrived in Japan, and various schools began an international program to begin teaching western culture and values.

In 1929, the Canadian embassy in Tokyo opened and began cooperation with various economic and industrial districts. It was noted that the general climate of Hokkaido was very similar to Canada.

There was great cooperation and many advancements in the fields of Art and music, culture, and forestry, and through Canadian assistance Hokkaido’s fishing industry flourished and their mutual relationship eventually culminated in a joint Canadian-Japanese school. Hokkaido is split horizontally into two areas with different regional governments, and after an unfinished school ship was purchased from the United Kingdom, the school on the southern half was named Maple High School.

Due to the great number of trees, Maple High School is known as the ship with the most natural environment compared to the other school ships. They have a healthy Senshado program, which focuses on maneuver tactics rather than heavy firepower or armor.

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Their main force consists of Ram Cruiser Tanks and Grizzly Cruiser Tanks. They also possess the Valentine Tank and other Infantry Tanks along with various light tanks, but they are rarely used.

Zettace posted:

But the teams are colour coded and are marked by insignias...

Allarion posted:

Reminder that the GuP movie starts in 40 minutes!

https://synchtu.be/r/Kotori

Katreus posted:

Someone on /ak/ is translating the data entries:

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Viggen High School

Based at the Port of Niigata, in Niigata Prefecture, the school’s name means Thunderbolt in Swedish.

In 1775 Swedish Botanist Carl Peter Thunberg arrived in Japan to study Japanese flora. The school first began as a botany-focused institution founded to organize and teach Thurnberg’s field research along with the flora of the world, but then gradually a woodworking and eventually an industrial class was introduced. Interest in home economics and interior design classes are very high. All students share a mentality of focusing on practicality, reliability, and simple appearances.

Though they are relatively competent, a lack of tanks and people make it very difficult for the Viggen team to even enter into the Senshado Tournaments. Their main force consists of Stridsvagn m/42 medium tanks and Stridsvagn m/40 light tanks as a supplement.

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Maginot Girl’s Academy (Lycée privé de Jeunes Filles Maginot)

Based in Yamanashi Prefecture, Maginot Girl’s Academy was first established to preserve the knowledge of winemaking after its founder returned to France. The ability to make wine with the traditional the foot-crushing method was the only reason Maginot is a girl’s-only institution.

Maginot Girl’s Academy has a few unique aspects that set it apart from its counterparts. Though they are based in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to its landlocked nature their school submarine makes port in Shizuoka Prefecture. The decision to utilize a submarine instead of the more ubiquitous surface ship was, again, solely for the purpose of making wine. It is said that the storage and fermentation time was superior under the sea than it was at its surface.

Maginot, obviously, fields vehicles developed and used in and by France exclusively. The Renault FT (More popularly known as the FT-17.) and the R35 make up the light tanks of Maginot. The SOMUA S35 Cavalry Tank takes up the medium tank role and the Renault B1 takes up the heavy tank role. While it may seem that Maginot has a respectable lineup on paper, in reality technical issues and outdated engineering absolutely cripple the team in matches.

One such technical issue was the fact that the vast majority of tanks Maginot currently has active were not designed to carry radios, a feature deemed absolutely necessary by the Senshado Federation. But even with emergency radios on board, teamwork and communication seems to be another weak link in Maginot’s tank team.

There has been discussions to field the ARL-44 as Maginot’s wonder weapon, but due to a lack of funds, crews, and confidence in its capabilities, it seems it will not be making an appearance in the near future.

The standard Maginot tactics revolves around a defensive battle group with the SOMUA S35 at its center while surrounded by the light tanks with the B1 heavy tank in reserve for use against heavier targets. This tactic requires crew members who are disciplined enough not to panic when a potential break occurs.

However it seems Maginot is attempting to take a different approach this time, focusing on mobility, breaking enemy lines, and taking the initiative against more heavily armed and/or armored enemies. But due to this major shift in tactics, Maginot still requires many more hours of practice and experience before they are able to execute their planned maneuvers.

Students are expected to be extremely well-behaved, polite, and respectful, and are usually very eager to learn, but their individual creativity is somewhat lacking and this deficiency also 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, individually it can vary wildly, making cooperation rather difficult especially in a maneuver-focused doctrine.

It has been said by the other schools that even though their tanks and tactics may be old and useless, their crews are well used to brute force, having been subjected to plenty of it during their time in tanks in a defensive position.

For a school with a history that involves a very bad loss record, the punishments for defeats are still very harsh.

As a school-wide policy creativity is not promoted, with the exception of the Art, Movie, and Theatre classes. However, this mentality does allow students to heavily focus on certain skills, resulting in students that, while not the most original or innovative, hone their talents to the point of mastery. This is most obvious in Maginot’s famous culinary classes. Such is their reputation that some enroll for that class only.

Their food is specifically made to demonstrate the simplicity of flour and buckwheat and the richness of wild vegetables, game fowl, and mushrooms.

SOMUA S35
It was formally adopted by French forces in 1936, featuring a cast turret and hull with a maximum armor thickness of 47mm, enough to resist the 3.7cm KwK 36 L/45 and the 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 of the early Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks.

Unfortunately the S35 did have some deficiencies, including a hatch that, when opened, exposed an entire side of the turret, and a high center of gravity that makes rolling over very easy.

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The ability to make wine with the traditional the foot-crushing method was the only reason Maginot is a girl’s-only institution.

MJP posted:

Davincie posted:

thats the problem and not how gigantic this submarine must be to house an entire school + city and spots for tanks?

Kyte posted:

It's almost as long as Ooarai-Zuikaku.

And I can't submerge, judging from the stuff on top.

jng2058 posted:

How about Saunders getting a frikkin' Nimitz class like the George Washington instead of something WW2 era like Enterprise or Yorktown!

jng2058 posted:

How about Saunders getting a frikkin' Nimitz class like the George Washington instead of something WW2 era like Enterprise or Yorktown!

jng2058 posted:

How about Saunders getting a frikkin' Nimitz class like the George Washington instead of something WW2 era like Enterprise or Yorktown!

Zettace posted:

Considering Saunders is a mixed Highschool-University, it's actually relatively smaller than some schools.

Zettace posted:

Maybe, but does that mean they went all the way to the mainland to borrow the Super Galaxy?

jng2058 posted:

How about Saunders getting a frikkin' Nimitz class like the George Washington instead of something WW2 era like Enterprise or Yorktown!

Darth Walrus posted:

Wow, looks like the George Washington really shrunk in the wash.

Desuwa posted:

It's a plane and they're on an oversized aircraft carrier. I imagine they figured something out.

Zettace posted:

Well, it's the University's plane so they had to go get it in the first first place. I mean the University is not going to store it's plane on the Highschool boat right?

Falken posted:

Kiev class was put in service in the 1970s.

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BC-Freedom High School

The story of BC-Freedom High School begins with Maginot High School and their insatiable lust for wine.

Due to problems acquiring any steady supply of wine grapes, it was considered to be more economical to build not one, but two schools for the sole purpose of supplying Maginot. And thus begins the story of BC High School and Freedom High School.

Freedom High School hailed from the city of Okayama, the capitol city of Okayama Prefecture. Their vineyards flourished and expanded, eventually dominating their school ship.

BC High School originally hailed from the landlocked city of Tsuyama, in Okayama Prefecture. Their ventures into growing wine grapes ended in failure, forcing them to look elsewhere. They found moderate successes by focusing on general education, home economics, commercial, and manufacturing classes.

However, it didn’t last.

Due to administration blunders and funding cuts, both schools deteriorated to a point to where it was no longer considered economical for both schools to be kept afloat. It was then decided by the Administration to take advantage of the situation by promoting inter-school relationships with a union of two different, but similar schools.

And thus, the story of BC-Freedom High School begins.

The union backfired in a colossal failure, with distrust and mutual hatred between the former two schools who where now forced to occupy a single ship. Their distrust for each other eventually led to the school ship being split in half, with the port side occupied by the former Freedom High School and the starboard side occupied by the former BC High School. This division also extended to living quarters and commercial buildings.

With nonexistent teamwork and a constant power struggle, this union only managed to waste even more funds and brought down the Administration’s reputation even further. However as time went by, the number of students that do not identify with either the original schools has increased, and they live their lives mostly free from the rivalry.

Due to their sudden union, BC-Freedom High School operates a mishmash of tanks that are very different from each other. Their main force in Senshado consists of early-war French tanks such as the Hotchkiss H-39 and SOMUA S-35 along with the heavier M4A2 and Model G Panther tanks.

They are also known to possess an FCM F1 multi-turreted superheavy tank, but it has not seen combat. It is suspected to be either non-operational or is thought to lack combat ability. BC-Freedom High School has also acquired a Valentine Mk.V, but it is currently non-operational.

With different origins and different tanks comes different tactics. The former BC High School preferred to break the enemy with maneuver warfare, drawing inspiration from Napoleonic Cavalry.

Considered to be too risky, the former Freedom High School adopted a doctrine very similar to Maginot’s, where an extremely strong defense would stop the enemy from completing their objective. This was the main reason for the relatively slow FCM F1 and the Valentine infantry tank to be acquired.

Regardless of the quality of their vehicles, a lack of teamwork between the two sides cripples them in matches.

They have attempted to request additional support from Saunders, Kuromorimine, and St. Gloriana, but aren’t taken seriously due to the sheer number of other requests from other schools.

Overall, the students of BC-Freedom High School are very similar to Maginot High School’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.

The H-39 Tank
Requesting a new infantry tank, Hotchkiss received orders for three prototypes but was beaten by Renault’s tank which would later be known as the R35. For political reasons, the Hotchkiss tank would continue to be produced, first tested and then rejected by the Infantry, the Cavalry reluctantly accepted their use, as the Cavalry would not have been granted the budget to buy tanks if they hadn’t already been avalible.

The H-39 was an improvement over the earlier H-35 and the H-38. It was fitted with a more powerful engine and a longer 37mm L/35 SA38 gun, among others.

Phobophilia posted:

the students should not be drinking wine at that age

Kanos posted:

European kids drink small amounts of wine normally and the French school is going to be super euroboo.

Katreus posted:

Re: Erika

As far as I know, that's only manga or LN canon BTW, which does not necessarily correspond to anime canon.

IIRC, Erika is bitchy because Miho left KMM to apparently join a different team, leaving KMM in the lurch and leaving the team, including Erika, feel abandoned, and Erika has to somehow make up for Miho's unique skillset but is crucially aware that she's not as good as Miho at doing so.

Miho had a really good skill set and synergy with Maho that made up for KMM's doctrinal weakness: their formational discipline meant commanders were not as independent or adaptable. As Vice Commander, Miho was the one to communicate to individual tanks to carry out Maho's strategy - note that this was apparently known enough that Darjeeling's strategy against KMM in the semifinals revolved around trying to take advantage of KMM missing their top communicator and Darjeeling actually succeeded in getting to a 1v1 against Maho due to the confusion - and she seemingly was someone that KMM members liked. KMM morale crashed after Miho fled, and Maho had to spend time building it back up on her own.

Also, hah, Miho is pretty pragmatic: this doctrinal weakness is what Miho takes advantage of in the final. It's also why KMM is seemingly unable to handle surprises and unexpected events during the battle. You can see Erika's weakness in command in that battle: she's not on the same page with Maho several times, she can't follow along with Maho's strategy, and she didn't really communicate with the individual tanks to help coordinate.

Granted, Miho has less tanks to keep track of, but Miho gives pretty specific orders to individual tanks even if she gives leeway to the individual tank commanders on execution, and people are mostly on the same page as to the overall strategy.