# Girls Und Panzer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810 "2013-01-02T07:10:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810/1 "2013-01-02T07:10:04Z")

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_Girls und Panzer_ is a new Japanese anime that started airing this fall, and the premise of the show is that (non-lethal) tank combat (called Tankery/Panzerfahnen/Tankwondo) is a competitive sport between girl’s schools. The tanks used are exclusively World War 2 era makes and the show follows Nishizumi Miho and her school compete in a national tank tournament.

I personally enjoyed the historical accuracy, the combat, the storyline, the characters, and the occasional references and love the shows as a result. It can be viewed (legally) here: [http://www.crunchyroll.com/girls-und-panzer](http://www.crunchyroll.com/girls-und-panzer)

Anyone else seen this?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810/2 "2013-01-02T08:43:13Z")

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Who says there are no original ideas?

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810/3 "2013-01-02T09:01:26Z")

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tankwondo…awesome!

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810/4 "2013-01-02T09:17:11Z")

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Sounds like fun. I’ll have to have a look at this tonight.

> [@willthekittensurvive](#):
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> tankwondo…awesome!

I agree. It reminds me of Cyberpunk’s cyborg martial art, _Panzerfaust_ (armour fist).

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-und-panzer/645810/5 "2013-01-02T12:32:32Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> _Girls und Panzer_ is a new Japanese anime that started airing this fall, and the premise of the show is that (non-lethal) tank combat

AP rounds are non-lethal?!