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==Browning M1919A6== | ==Browning M1919A6== | ||
+ | Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini continues to use the Liberion-made [[Browning M1919A6]] as her primary armament. | ||
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+ | [[Image:M1919a6.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning M1919A6 - .30-06]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219191.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Francesca's M1919A6 strapped to her back as she imagines eating octopus. A very different reaction to Shirley's. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219192.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Francesca greets her old squadron member, M1919A6 in hand. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219193.jpg|600px|thumb|none|And the family reunion keeps getting bigger! (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219194.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A fantastic formation shot of all of the Strike Witches (sans Mio) back together, fully armed and ready to take names. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219195.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Francesca readies her signature shield stacking move, with her Browning hanging by its sling. (Ep.2)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219196.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Francesca trades fire with one of the four booster sections of the Vostok-inspired Neuroi, giving a good look at her M1919A6 and Farotto G.55S Strega Striker. (Ep.4)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219197.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Launching from St. Peter's Square, where she was visiting with Maria, Francesca heads up to engage a Neuroi over Rome. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219198.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Readying her shield attack, Francesca prepares to ram the enemy. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW219199.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Yoshika provides cover fire with her Type 99 and Francesca speeds past... (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191910.jpg|600px|thumb|none|...straight through the Neuroi. Francesca's M1919A6 and upper torso can be seen emerging from the alien being/craft, which is surprisingly small by Neuroi standards. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191911.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The Neuroi shatters into fragments, as the proud Romagnan flies over her capital city. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191912.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Needing to get back to her date with Maria, Francesca tosses her Browning to Yoshika for safekeeping. (Ep.5)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191913.jpg|600px|thumb|none|With the rest of the 501st, Francesca hovers over the large Neuroi dome encapsulating Valletta, Malta. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191914.jpg|600px|thumb|none|That... is another <strike>Halo</strike> hive. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191915.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Francesca plows through a bunch of UFO-looking Neuroi with her shields, setting Shirley up to mow them down. (Ep.11)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2191916.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Helping clear a path for Yoshika, Francesca gives her a cheer. (Ep.12)]] | ||
==MG 34== | ==MG 34== | ||
+ | Flight Lieutenant Hanna-Justina Wallia Rosalind Sieglinde Marseille (inspired by German ace Hans-Joachim Marseille) of the 31st Joint Fighter Squadron Afrika, the Storm Witches, uses an [[MG34|MG 34]]. Having earned quite a fan-following and called the "Star of Africa", Hanna is also known to own a Beretta M1934 with a tan finish, which was presented to her as a gift. Unlike nearly every other weapon used by Witches, Hanna retains the bipod on her MG 34, in order to use it as a foregrip. | ||
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+ | [[Image:Mg-34man-portable.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG 34 - 7.92mm Mauser]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG341.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Erica Hartmann and Hanna Marseille race to see who can destroy the most target balloons. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG342.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Unsatisfied with a tie, Hanna aims her loaded MG 34 at Erica and claims victory. Minna is ''furious''. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG343.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Having entered the Neuroi dome covering Malta via I-400-class submarine, Erica and Hanna launch. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG344.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Erica and Hanna fight back to back, lighting up the air with their machine guns. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG345.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The Karlslanders fly higher in the dome; Hanna's use of the bipod as a grip can be seen here. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG346.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Racing each other to destroy the core, the two lay down fire with their weapons. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG347.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Still tied, Hanna and Erica decide to settle their score with a live-fire duel. The first to use a shield or run out of ammo loses. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG348.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Hanna barrel rolls while firing her MG 34. (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG349.jpg|600px|thumb|none|''You're empty.'' (Ep.10)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:SW2MG3410.jpg|600px|thumb|none|''So are you.'' (Ep.10)]] | ||
==MG 42== | ==MG 42== |
Revision as of 21:35, 7 July 2018
Work In Progress This article is still under construction. It may contain factual errors. See Talk:Strike Witches 2 for current discussions. Content is subject to change. |
March, 1945, six months have passed since the destruction of the Neuroi hive over Gallia by the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, the Strike Witches. Semi-retired Fuso Imperial Navy Sergeant Yoshika Miyafuji is living peacefully back home in Fuso when she receives another letter from her late father, Ichiro Miyafuji, an engineer and original designer of the Striker Units that Witches use to fly and fight against the invading aliens known as the Neuroi.
Meanwhile, in the skies over Venezia the 504th Joint Fighter Wing, the Ardor Witches, are undertaking an operation with the goal of attempting to communicate with a Witch-like Neuroi, similar to one that had tried to communicate peacefully with Yoshika the previous year. However, before contact could be made a new, far larger Neuroi hive formed over Venezia, killing the Witch-Neuroi and entirely obliterating the existing hive. Back in Fuso, Yoshika, now with Squadron Leader Mio Sakamoto, overhears a desperate radio transmission from Flight Sergeant Lynette Bishop of Britannia, another former Strike Witches member. Despite Mio's initial objections, Yoshika ends up accompanying Mio back to Europe, where the 501st is reassembled to combat this sinister new threat.
Brave Witches (released in 2016), which follows the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, takes place before Strike Witches 2, as does the The Sky That Connects Us manga, which follows the Strike Witches' lives between the two seasons. In chronological order, Strike Witches 2 is followed by Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow.
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 Strike Witches 2:
Pistols
Nambu Type 14
In a flashback, Mio Sakamoto, nearing the end of her days as a Witch, has Petty Officer Keisuke Hijikata use a Nambu Type 14 to test Mio's weakening shield.
Beretta M1934
As promotional material for Strike Witches 2, Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini of Romagna and Flight Lieutenant Charlotte Elwyn "Shirley" Yeager of the United States of Liberion had their respective sidearms released as airsoft replicas.
Francesca uses a stainless Beretta M1934 customized with black controls, the 501st JFW emblem on the grips, as well as her personal emblem and a gold banner with her name on the slide. Under the gold banner is marked ~Gratitudine di Maria~ (Gratitude of Maria). In episode 5, Dutchess Maria Pia of Romagna (inspired by the Italian princess of the same name) encountered Francesca in Rome, and the two spent the day together (including numerous homages to the film Roman Holiday), unaware who the other actually was (the head of state, and a Witch). After Francesca, Charlotte, and Yoshika defend Rome from a Neuroi attack, Maria gives a speech over the airwaves, vowing to do everything in her power to defend her country against the Neuroi threat, and sends the Strike Witches an airdrop of supplies. Francesca and Charlotte's matching pistols were likely in these crates, though they aren't seen in the anime.
Colt M1911A1
Charlotte also receives a custom pistol from Maria, an M1911A1 built to match Francesca's customized Beretta. The trademarks on the gun read Colette's PT.F.A.MFG.CO. (rather than "Colt's"), since, as with most country names, most manufacturer names are also variations of their real versions in the World Witches universe.
Rifles
Boys Mk I*
The Strike Witches' designated marksman, Lynette Bishop, continues to use a Boys Mk I* with its bipod removed as her signature weapon.
PzB 39
The PzB 39 anti-tank rifle is the weapon of choice of Flying Officer Ángela Salas Larrazábal of the Kingdom of Hispania (inspired by Spanish ace Ángel Salas Larrazábal), a member of the 504th Joint Fighter Wing, the Ardor Witches. Although from Hispania, she became an honorary member of the Romagnan Pantaloni Rossi ("Red Pants") unit, and as such wears their uniform. Off-screen, Ángela was seriously injured during the ill-fated Operation Trajanus, but is recovering.
Likely due to Ángela only having a cameo, it seems the animators simply reused Lynette's Boys rifle as reference material.
Solothurn S-18/1000
Pilot Officer Luciana Mazzei of Romanga, a member of the Pantaloni Rossi and Ardor Witches, uses the absolutely gigantic Solothurn S-18/1000 as the 504th's designated marksman.
As with Ángela's PzB 39, Luciana's S-18/1000 is depicted as a Boys rifle in its brief appearance.
PU scope for Mosin-Nagant
A PU scope, designed for the Mosin-Nagant rifle, is seen quite inexplicably mounted to a fire hose, together with a pistol grip assembly.
Machine Guns
Bren Mk1 (M)
Despite the liberation of Gallia, Flying Officer Pierrette-Henriette "Perrine" Clostermann continues to use the Britannian-made Bren Mk1 (M) as her weapon of choice, likely for a combination of having become very familiar with the weapon type, and (though Perrine would never admit to such sentimentality) an attachment to Britannia after serving there as part of the 501st.
Browning M1918A2
Flight Lieutenant Charlotte Yeager continues to use a BAR as her standard weapon. Although holding drastically less ammo than the other Witches' weapons, the BAR is well-suited to Shirley's preference for speed, being a far lighter and more compact gun.
Browning M1919A6
Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini continues to use the Liberion-made Browning M1919A6 as her primary armament.
MG 34
Flight Lieutenant Hanna-Justina Wallia Rosalind Sieglinde Marseille (inspired by German ace Hans-Joachim Marseille) of the 31st Joint Fighter Squadron Afrika, the Storm Witches, uses an MG 34. Having earned quite a fan-following and called the "Star of Africa", Hanna is also known to own a Beretta M1934 with a tan finish, which was presented to her as a gift. Unlike nearly every other weapon used by Witches, Hanna retains the bipod on her MG 34, in order to use it as a foregrip.