Area 88
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Poster
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Country
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Language
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English Japanese
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Channel
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Animax Asahi Broadcasting
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Creator
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Kaoru Shintani (manga) Isamu Imakake (directed)
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Genre
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War Action Drama Adventure
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Broadcast
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2004
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No. of Seasons
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1
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No. of Episodes
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12
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The following weapons were used in the anime series Area 88:
Rifles
M16A1
Near all American soldiers can be seen armed with the M16A1 rifles during the prolougue from Vietnam War at the "Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet" (Ep. 08).
SVD
A Vietnamese sniper uses an SVD Dragunov during the prologue from Vietnam War at the "Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet" (Ep. 08).
FR F2
The FR F21 is the firearm of the rebels sniper at the "Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet" (Ep. 08).
Machine Guns
Colt Mk 12 cannon
The Colt Mk 12 cannon is mounted on the Greg Gates' A-4 Skyhawk. Shin's F-8 also equipped with the similar looking machine gun.
DEFA cannon
The Mirage F1 of the female mercenary Kitori Palvanaff was equipped with the DEFA cannon.
Pontiac M39
Japanese mercenary, named Shin Kazama uses Pontiac M39, mounted on his F-5.
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General Dynamics GAU-12/U
Several mercenaries, include Kim Aba uses combat planes, which is equipped with the General Dynamics GAU-12/U machine guns.
M61 Vulcan
Several mercenaries uses M61 Vulcan machine guns.
General Dynamics GAU-17/A
Both Kitori and Shin uses General Dynamics GAU-17/A machine guns, mounted on their combat plane.
Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
Rebel's MiG-17s is equipped with the Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 machine guns.
Nudelman N-37
The Nudelman N-37 is also mounted on rebel's MiG-17s.
Parabellum MG17
Several reabel's combat planes is seen with the mounted Parabellum MG17 machine guns.
Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
The twin Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 machine guns is seen mounted on the rebel's cargo plane at the "Shin & Makoto - Finder of a Blue Sky" (Ep. 03).
GSh-30-1
Numerous rebel's combat planes is seenequipped with the GSh-30-1 machine guns.
Other
85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)
Rebels uses 85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)s.
S-60 AA cannon
Mercenaries fires 57mm S-60 AA autocannon at the "Sand Glass - Sand's Bullet" (Ep. 08).
Anti-Aircraft Weapons
Rebels uses some kind of the anti-aircraft weapons against mercenaries at the "Boris - Tombstone of the Setting Sun" (Ep. 02).
F-1 hand grenade
The F-1 hand grenade can be briefly seen at the "Truth - Truth of the Sand" (Ep. 11).