Sensha-dō, a tank sport, has risen in popularity among women and has been running since the 1920s. It is considered a tradition and a form of sport in society.
The following weapons were used in the anime series Girl Und Panzer:
The WWII German tanks appearing in the series are all equipped with coaxial and hull mounted MG34s. Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV has the stocks of the MG34s removed.
ZB-53
Turtle Team's Panzer 38(t) is equipped with two ZB-53 machine guns before being upgraded in Episode 10. St. Gloriana Girls Academy's tanks, which are the British Matilda II and Churchill Mk.IV, uses the Besa Machine Gun variants of the ZB-53.
Browning M1919A4
Rabbit Team's American M3 Lee Tank is equipped with Browning M1919A4s. Saunders University High School exclusively uses American Sherman tanks armed with M1919A4 machineguns on bow and coaxial.
Type 91 Tank Machine Gun
Duck Team's Japanese Type 89 I-Go Tank is equipped with two Type 91 machine guns (modified Type 11 machineguns for tanks)
Degtyaryov DT
Pravda High School's Soviet tanks, the T-34/76, T-34/85, IS-2, and KV-2, are all equipped with a Degtyaryov DT as a secondary weapon.
Reibel machine gun
Mallard Team's French Car B1 bis tank is equipped with a Reibel Machine Gun as a secondary weapon.
Browning M2
A M2 Browning can be seen on some of Yukari's scale model vehicles in her room.
Ckm wz.30
A Polish 7TP tank is seen with two Ckm wz.30, one for each of its two turrents.
Maxim MG08
A German A7V tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with Maxim MG08 machine guns seen on it.
Hotchkiss Mk.I
A British Medium Mark A Whippet tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with Hotchkiss Mk.I machineguns seen on it.
Lewis Gun
A British Mark IV tank appears during an introductory video of Sensha-dō with a Lewis Gun seen on it.