Here's how:
Story: Schön 6.
The story plot was very simple yet entertaining, there isn't any profanity nor does it have any violence, the whole plot revolves around the girls of Ōarai Girls Academy who are member of the newly revived sport called "Sensha-dō, " as well as the life of one particular group of friends who was headed by Miho Nishizumi as they go through a lot of struggles in winning the Sensha do national tournament. Yet, the story is also about some trivia about the tanks that were involved in this anime.
Art: Ein 3.
I have no qualms about the tanks illustrations, in fact the way the tanks were drawn are with in the realistic concepts of what they look like during World War 2. So the rating was for this anime's design of the character's which the heads are way too big for the body.
Sound: Schön 6.
I'd say that I like the opening and closing themes, but I do have concerns about Hana Isuzu's seiyu, Mami Ozaki, Yukari Akiyama's seiyu, Ikumi Nakagami, and Kay's seiyu, Kawazumi Ayako, the said character's seiyu just don't have that youthful tone in fact they sounded like Milfs than teenagers.
Character, enjoyment and overall: Gut 7.
I guess you might say that the character's though awkward by design do have their cutsy side especially when it involves them supporting each other, though there was that moment that I would have wish for Miho to reprimand Anzu for keeping a secret at first. The enjoyment part was the tank battle where nobody dies, since it was suppose to be a wholesome thing, so overall this anime was wholesome enough to be watch by anybody who doesn't mind an oxymoron combination of something sweet with controlled violence, thought a PG rating should be in place for kids who are 11 and below.
Tank trivia:
The MAUS or "Panzerkampfwagen VIII" never entered combat service, after the war the only 2 prototype were captured by the allies. The tank itself was a technical failure from the beginning since no there are engine available to power it.
Legendary tank general Heinz Wilhelm Guderian once oppose the construction of new heavy tanks like the Tiger I and II due to it's cost and impracticality and instead favors the construction of massive numbers Panzer IV tanks.
Both Tiger I and II have proven to be prone to certain types of track failures and immobilization, and limited in range by its huge fuel consumption.
German tank crews would sometime mount tank tacks on the sides of their turrets as added protection against anti tank guns.
Soviets would hurl molotov cock-tale behind tank's turret as a way of immobilizing a German tanks, since it is often where the engine exhaust and ventilation systems are located.
The Soviet T-5455 was the most produced tank during the cold war.
The used of smoke to confuse German Armor was employed by American tank divisions.
The Flak 88 was initially designed to be uses against aircraft, eventually it was Field Marshall Erwin Rommel who thought of using it against allied tanks during his North African campaign , which later on, led tank designers to mount it in a Tiger as its primary armament.
