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==The World of Girls und Panzer==

===The Setting ===

GuP's alternate timeline is very similar to our own, with a few major exceptions; firstly, simulated tank combat is an extremely popular sport for girls of all ages, and second that most major high schools are built on to gigantic travelling city- ships. The justification for the first conceit is that, in the post-Versailles years of the 1920s, the German government reframed tank training as an educational activity for young women to throw international observers off the trail of their growing rearmaments program. The idea stuck and apparently persisted well though World War 2, which happened as it did in our world, and the sport of Sensha-dou (a somewhat untranslatable pun -- it literally means "the way of the tank", analogous to e.g. ''kendo'' : "the way of the sword" -- officially translated as "tankery", also called "Panzerkraft" in some fan translations) is common to this day. Sensha-dou is seen as a valuable sport teaching teamwork, honour, tactical and mechanical skills, and gentlewomanly professionalism. In practice, what this means is that grade schoolers get to drive tankettes around and by the time they've hit university they're piloting 1950s-era heavy tanks like sportscars. Talk about a /k/ommando's dream world.  (Also, while everyone ''talks'' about sensha-dou teaching valuable character traits to young women, it's still a high-stakes high school sport, with all of the attendant pressures from overbearing parents, government interference, and high-school drama.)

The second conceit, that all schools are built on city-sized aircraft carriers (large enough to have their own ''geography'') is a little bit less well-explained. Apparently these ships are crewed primarily by students, with different students assigned to roles like engine maintenance, navigation, hydroponics, etc. Each school is functionally self-sufficient, though most have a home city where they have frequently dock, and they make regular trips around their home regions.

===The Schools===

Ooarai Girls Academy

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The school of our protagonists, in contrast to the other schools in the show; Ooarai does not theme itself after a specific country and fields a variety of vehicles. By the end of the show, the Sensha-dou club is made up of nine vehicles and crews:
*Anglerfish Team: the main characters, crewing a Panzer IV (initially an Ausf.D but later upgraded to an Ausf.F2 and finally to an Ausf.H by the end of the show)
*Turtle Team: the student council, crewing a Panzer 38 (t) and later on, a Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer
*Duck Team: the volleyball team, crewing a Type 89 I-Go
*Hippo Team: the history club, crewing a Stug III Ausf.F
*Rabbit Team: the freshmen, crewing an M3 Lee, they hunt heavy tanks and ferris wheels
*Mallard Team: the public morals committee, crewing a Char B1 bis
*Anteater Team: hardcore gamers that met online, crewing a Type-3 Chi-Nu
*Leopon Team: the automotive club, crewing a VK 4501 Porsche Tiger, as only they can keep it running.
*Shark Team: some sailors that hang out at Bar Donzoko, crewing a Mark IV Tank Male


St. Gloriana Girls College

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The British school, its characters embody English stereotypes including lady like conduct and a love of tea. Unlike Ooarai, there are no specific “teams”, just a handful of characters and their vehicles, this will be the same for all other schools.
*Darjeeling and her leftenants: the command unit, crewing a Churchill Mark VII
*Rukuriri: face of the canon fodder, crewing an Matilda Mk.III
*Rosehip: the odd one out and resident speed freak, crewing a Crusader Mk.III


Saunders University High School

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The American school, its characters embody American stereotypes ranging from love of food to being bombastic. They are also a very wealthy school, and as such field a very large number of tanks (reflecting American WW2 doctrine).
*Kay: team commander, crewing an M4 Sherman
*Alisa: dirty cheater, crewing an M4 Sherman
*Naomi: 1337 sniper, crewing a Sherman Firefly


Anzio Girls High School

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The Italian team, and butt of all jokes. They embody Italian stereotypes ranging from military incompetence to love of pasta and naps. They are a very poor school, and most of the team members don't take Sensha-dou seriously, much to the frustration of their commander.
*Anchovy: Il Duce, crewing a Carro Armato P40
*Carpaccio: quiet sweety pie, crewing a Semovente da 75/18
*Pepperoni: fiery and easy going and a good cook, crewing a Carro Veloce CV.33


Pravda Girls High School

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The Russian team, they embody Soviet stereotypes such as love of gulags and heavy armor. Their commander is the real star of the show with every other character being pretty underwhelming.
*Katyusha: [[loli]] Stalin, crewing a T-34-85
*Nonna: wants to be Katyusha's mommy, crewing an IS-2. The Manga revels that she has the opposite problem of Katyusha, she has looked 25 since she was twelve, and always had unrealistic expectations correspondingly.
*Nina: stronger than you (google her) crewing a KV-2
*Klara: introduced in the movie and pretends to only speak Russian, crewing a T-34-85, she takes over for Nona after she graduates.


Kuromorimine Girls Academy

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The German team, they embody German stereotypes such as being humorless and efficient. Seen as one of the strongest teams in all of Sensha-dou, and the final boss of the main anime.
*<s>Sigismund</s> Maho: the leader/guide, crewing a Panzer VI Tiger Ausf.E Miho's Older Sister.
*Erika: a freakin dork who should be bullied lovingly, crewing a Tiger II Ausf.B
*Koume: introduced in the movie, crewing a Panzer V Panther Ausf.G


Chi-Ha-Tan Academy

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The Japanese team, they embody Japanese stereotypes such as honor and Banzai charges. Introduced in the movie, they will die with honor... 天皇陛下万歳!
*Kinuyo: commander who cannot conceive of any alternative to [[Imperial Guard|charging head first into the enemy]], crewing a Type 97 Chi-Ha
*Haru: quick to anger, crewing a Type 97 Chi-Ha
*Hosomi: has a weird hair style, crewing a Type 97 Chi-Ha
*Fukuda: tryhard who just wants to impress her senpais (seniors), crewing a Type 95 Ha-Go


Jatkosota High School

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The Finnish school, they embody Finnish stereotypes such as being weird and loving the sauna. Only have one vehicle and [[Blood Ravens|have a reputation of being thieves.]] Introduced in the movie.
*Mika, Akki, and Mikko: yeah that's it they're pretty bullshit overpowered actually, crewing a BT-42


All-Stars University Team

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The Cold War UN team, technically not in the same league as the other schools since they are university students, but compete against a coalition team made up of all the aforementioned high school teams during the Girls und Panzer movie.
*Alice: <s>[[Loli|is totally of college age trust me]],</s> might be the youngest member of the cast depending on how many grades she skipped, crewing a Centurion Mk.I, provides her own music when charging in to battle
*The Bermuda Trio: three girls each commanding their own vehicle, those vehicles being M26 Pershings. They and Alice are all from one team the rest of the All Stars were pulled together form the other teams that would make up the new league


BC Freedom High School

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The French school (there's technically another one called Maginot Girls Academy but we don’t talk about them). Embody French stereotypes such as arrogance and civil unrest. Introduced in the supposed finale of the series.
*Marie: aloof aristocratic commander likes cake, crewing a Renault FT-17
*Oshida: part of the elitist faction, crewing an ARL-44
*Andou: part of the proletariat faction, crewing SOMUA S35


Minor Schools

There are several minor schools mentioned in some way or another in the show or the manga, unfortunately there isn't as much to talk about as the other teams, but we'll see what happens considering that Anzio used to be a minor school as well.
*Bellwall Academy: postwar Germany
*Bonple High School: Poland
*Blue Division High School: Spain
*Count High School: Romania
*Gregor High School: Czechoslovakia
*Koala Forest High School: Australia
*Maple High School: Canada
*Tategoto High School: Burma
*Viggen High School: Sweden
*Viking Fisheries High School: Norway
*Waffle Academy: Belgium
*Yogurt Academy: Bulgaria
*Kebab High School: Turkey