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|<center>[[wikipedia:M26 grenade|M26 grenade]]</center> | |<center>[[wikipedia:M26 grenade|M26 grenade]]</center> | ||
|<center>A post-WW2 American [[wikipedia:Fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade]], affectionately known as the "lemon grenade", due to | |<center>A post-WW2 American [[wikipedia:Fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade]], affectionately known as the "lemon grenade", due to its shape. However, the one used by [[Homura]] is apparently a flashbang. Likely stolen from [[wikipedia:United States Forces Japan|a US base in Japan]].</center> | ||
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|<center>A non-lethal grenade, the current standard issue of the [[wikipedia:US Army|US Army]]. Upon detonation, it emits an intensely loud "bang" over 170[[wikipedia:Decibel|dB]] and blinding flash of more than one million [[wikipedia:candela|candela]] and within 1.5 meters, sufficient to cause immediate (but temporary) flash blindness, deafness, tinnitus, and inner ear disturbance.</center> | |<center>A non-lethal grenade, the current standard issue of the [[wikipedia:US Army|US Army]]. Upon detonation, it emits an intensely loud "bang" over 170[[wikipedia:Decibel|dB]] and blinding flash of more than one million [[wikipedia:candela|candela]] and within 1.5 meters, sufficient to cause immediate (but temporary) flash blindness, deafness, tinnitus, and inner ear disturbance. The one used by [[Homura]] apparently functions as an offensive explosive as opposed to a stunning weapon.</center> | ||
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Revision as of 01:19, 1 May 2011
One of the typical "magical girl" anime characteristics that Madoka Magica stands out from is weaponry. While most such series feature weapons such as magical staffs and rods (when they show weapons at all), all heavily magic-related, weaponry in Madoka is far more mundane, with the main characters using weapons such as bows, swords and spears.
Homura Akemi is particularly notable for using real-life firearms and explosives to great effect, lacking weapons of her own.
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With it, Homura is pinpoint accurate: she connected exactly fifteen shots, a standard full magazine of the Beretta M9, a US military variant. As she empties the magazine, it lead to speculation that it might have been stolen from a US base in Japan. |
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