They were assigned the German Panzer IV Ausf. The main protagonists make up the Anglerfish Team ( あんこうチーム, Ankō Chīmu) of Ōarai Girls High School's Sensha-dō team, with Miho serving as commander. All of the protagonists are students from the school and members of its Sensha-dō team while being divided into teams and their own respective tanks.
They also use a transport ship that looks quite similar to the Japanese battleship Mikasa. The school ship of Ōarai Girls High School is based on the IJN Shokaku-class aircraft carrier. The school insignia is the two kanji for Ōarai ( 大洗) superimposed atop one another in stylized form. They are thus forced to make do with whatever leftover tanks they have been able to find, and, unlike the other teams, field a hodgepodge of tanks from various countries. Ōarai Prefectural Girls High School ( 県立大洗女子学園, Kenritsu Ōarai Joshi Gakuen) is the school ship stationed in Ōarai, Ibaraki that previously had a Sensha-dō program abolished years ago, and has just been recently reinstituted.
Her favourite flower is Cornflower and her favorite tank is the German Jagdpanther.Interestingly, it seems that Erwin and Caesar share the command of Hippo Team, given that Erwin is never present at the strategy meetings.His famous peak cap and jacket is also part of her attire, replete with captured British goggles. His nickname, the Desert Fox, is reflected in Erwin's hair cut. Her nickname is based on German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, possibly the most famous general of World War Two and military author of World War One (he authored the book Infantry Attacks: see Infanterie Greift An).Riko's surname Matsumoto means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) ( matsu) and "base, root, origin" (本) ( moto).Her alias name Erwin means "respected friend" in German.The name Riko means "village" (里) ( ri) and "child" (子) ( ko).She only loses her nerve in the most desperate of situations. She is decisive and confident, like her historical counterpart, displaying this in an almost cocky smile most of the time. Her hairstyle resembles the ears of the fennec fox, also known as the "desert fox": Erwin Rommel's nickname was " Wüstenfuchs" which translates to "Desert Fox".Įrwin is well known for her expertise on European history, especially World War II. She wears a German Field Marshal's cap, modeled on that of Erwin Rommel, and tall German Marschstiefel boots over her everyday school uniform she wears an Afrika Korps General's jacket identical to one Erwin Rommel wore in North Africa, while during sensha-dō matches she wears Ooarai's official sensha-dō uniform jacket. She's also a member of history buffs club, or Reki-jo, specializing in European WW II history.Įrwin has short blonde hair and brown eyes. Erwin is a second-year student from Ooarai Girls High School.