Weapons

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.

Appearance

Episode 1

Image	Name	Description
	Fire extinguisher	A standard fire extinguisher, put to good use by Sayaka.
	Scissors	Sharp scissors wielded by Gertrud's familiar, Anthony. Running with them in hand is ill-advised.
	Flintlock musket	Single-shot flintlock musket, Mami's primary weapon. Easily summonable in numbers, fired by hand or remotely, and also usable as a melee weapon. Expended bullets can summon strings to ensnare the foe.

Episode 2

Image	Name	Description
	Baseball bat	A classic wooden baseball bat, used by Sayaka.
	Magic ribbons	Extending from her clothing or summoned out of the air, used by Mami. They can freely extend or constrict. Here seen used to save a woman, but can be used with offensive purposes, to trap an enemy.
	Enchanted bat	Sayaka's bat, infused with Mami's magic. Mostly for peace of mind, but useful against familiars. Grows spikes when swung and can extend a barrier if planted into the ground.
	Flintlock musket	Single-shot flintlock musket, Mami's primary weapon. Easily summonable in numbers, fired by hand or remotely, and also usable as a melee weapon. Expended bullets can summon strings to ensnare the foe.
	Scissors	Sharp scissors wielded by Gertrud's familiar, Anthony. Running with them in hand is ill-advised.
	Bullet strings	Strings that grow from expended bullet casings of Mami's muskets, immobilizing enemies.
	"Finale Cannon"	An enormous flintlock cannon, produces a powerful blast. Used by Mami for her finisher, Tiro Finale.

Episode 3

Image	Name	Description
	"Finale Cannon #2"	An alternative weapon for Mami's Tiro Finale. An oversized cannon, though smaller than the one used in the previous episode. Uses a matchlock mechanism: Mami ignites the match cord by winking her right eye.
	Baseball bat	A classic wooden baseball bat, used by Sayaka.
	Magic ribbons	Extending from her clothing or summoned out of the air, used by Mami. They can freely extend or constrict. Here seen used to restrain Homura, reinforced with chains. Later used to form a protective cage around Madoka.
	Flintlock musket	Single-shot flintlock musket, Mami's primary weapon. Easily summonable in numbers, fired by hand or remotely, and also usable as a melee weapon. Expended bullets can summon strings to ensnare the foe.
File:Mami twin cannons.jpg	Twin cannons	A couple of large cannons, used by Mami in each hand.
	Bullet strings	Strings that grow from expended bullet casings of Mami's muskets, immobilizing enemies.
	"Finale Cannon #3"	A monstrous stationary cannon, used for yet another variation of Mami's Tiro Finale.
	Pipe bomb	A simple, yet powerful pipe bomb, assembled by hand by Homura. Two seconds left on the timer, Charlotte.

Episode 4

Image	Name	Description
	Cutlass	Sayaka's weapon of choice, a cutlass, a short sword with a curved blade, best used for slashing, usually associated with sailors. Summonable in numbers. Most often used for close quarters, but can also be thrown. Very sharp.

Episode 5

Image	Name	Description
	Cutlass	Sayaka's weapon of choice, a cutlass, a short sword with a curved blade, best used for slashing, usually associated with sailors. Summonable in numbers. Most often used for close quarters, but can also be thrown. Very sharp.
	Modular spear	Kyouko's trademark weapon, a modular spear. While steel hard, it is extremely flexible, and can extend or bend easily. The handle can be broken down into numerous pieces, connected by a chain, allowing her to attack or defend over a wide area. The chain runs along the handle, ending in a heavy ball at the blunt side. The ball's weight is used to easily wrap the chain around foes, restricting them.

Episode 6

Image	Name	Description
	Cutlass	Sayaka's weapon of choice, a cutlass, a short sword with a curved blade, best used for slashing, usually associated with sailors. Summonable in numbers. Most often used for close quarters, but can also be thrown. Very sharp.
	Modular spear	Kyouko's trademark weapon, a modular spear. While steel hard, it is extremely flexible, and can extend or bend easily. The handle can be broken down into numerous pieces, connected by a chain, allowing her to attack or defend over a wide area. The chain runs along the handle, ending in a heavy ball at the blunt side. The ball's weight is used to easily wrap the chain around foes, restricting them.

Episode 7

Image	Name	Description
	Modular spear	Kyouko's trademark weapon, a modular spear. While steel hard, it is extremely flexible, and can extend or bend easily. The handle can be broken down into numerous pieces, connected by a chain, allowing her to attack or defend over a wide area. The chain runs along the handle, ending in a heavy ball at the blunt side. The ball's weight is used to easily wrap the chain around foes, restricting them.
	Cutlass	Sayaka's weapon of choice, a cutlass, a short sword with a curved blade, best used for slashing, usually associated with sailors. Summonable in numbers. Most often used for close quarters, but can also be thrown. Very sharp.

Episode 8

Image	Name	Description
	Modular spear	Kyouko's trademark weapon, a modular spear. While steel hard, it is extremely flexible, and can extend or bend easily. The handle can be broken down into numerous pieces, connected by a chain, allowing her to attack or defend over a wide area. The chain runs along the handle, ending in a heavy ball at the blunt side. The ball's weight is used to easily wrap the chain around foes, restricting them.
	Cutlass	Sayaka's weapon of choice, a cutlass, a short sword with a curved blade, best used for slashing, usually associated with sailors. Summonable in numbers. Most often used for close quarters, but can also be thrown. Very sharp.
	"Impulse" spear	A spear summoned by Kyouko directly from her Soul Gem, without the need to transform. Very quick to summon, and therefore useful in emergencies. Flexible like her regular spear, but other properties are unknown.
	M26 grenade	A post-WW2 American fragmentation grenade, affectionately known as the "lemon grenade", due to it's shape. However, the one used by Homura is most likely a dud: it produces a relatively small explosion, with no fragments. Likely stolen from a US base in Japan.
	Beretta 92FS	A 9mm, single shot pistol from the famous Italian manufacturer, Beretta. Designed for sporting and law enforcement, it is light and accurate, making it a popular handgun worldwide. 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.

Episode 9

Image	Name	Description

Episode 10

Image	Name	Description
	Magic ribbons	Extending from her clothing or summoned out of the air, used by Mami. They can freely extend or constrict. Here seen used to make a latticed bridge to allow Homura to deliver her payload.

Episode 11

Image	Name	Description
	RPG-7	85-mm, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
	AT-4	84-mm unguided, portable, single-shot recoilless smoothbore weapon.

Episode 12

Image	Name	Description