Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (Japanese: 魔法少女特殊戦あすか Hepburn: Mahō Shōjo Tokushusen Asuka) is a Japanese magical girl/military seinen manga series written by Makoto Fukami and illustrated by Seigo Tokiya. Naoya Tamura is the series' military advisor. It began publication in June 2015 in the manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan, published by Square Enix, and has five tankōbon volumes slated for North America Release as of January 2018. The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films began airing on January 12, 2019; the anime series is licensed in North America under Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership.
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=Pistols=
==MP-443 Grach==
GRU Operative Constantine Asimov points what appears to be an MP-443 "Grach" on Iizuka Yoshiaki in the battlefield outside Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". This would make sense as the MP-443 is the standard service pistol of the Russian military and law enforcement.
==Derringer==
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer of indeterminate manufacture that can transform into various firearms, most notably an HK416.
thumb|none|300px|Cobra C22m Standard Derringer - .22 WMR
==FN Five-seveN==
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. She is seen using what appears to be an FN Five-seveN before it changes to her derringer in order to transform as her main sidearm. Her fellow CIA SAD agents Aaron and Julia also use it on occasions.
==Kimber Custom TLE II==
A Kimber Custom TLE II is seen in the eyecatch for "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms" with Kurumi Mugen.
==Makarov PM==
A Makarov PM is seen in "A Very Realistic Way of Dealing with a Problem" with a Russian wizard mercenary named Povar.
==CZ 100==
The CZ 100 is seen with Lau Peipei aka Shantoulon Peipei as her sidearm.
==Ballistic Knife Pistol==
A ballistic knife pistol is seen in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit" with Tamara, using it as her handheld weapon. It appears to be enhanced to take on magical enemies.
=Revolvers=
==Nambu Model 60==
The Nambu Model 60 is the issue revolver of the Tokyo Metropolitan/Okinawa Prefectural Police aren't as well detailed.
=Submachine Guns=
==IMI Uzi==
A full sized IMI Uzi is used by a Colombian terrorist named Crescent Moon Sandino to attack Magical Girl "Just Cause" and her fellow CIA operatives in "Wish Upon a Star".
=Assault Rifles=
==Howa Type 89==
Yoshiaki Iizuka of the JGSDF's Special Forces Group contingent at Mt. Aso, is armed with the Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle in in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". He appears to be using 20 round magazines. The JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the Type 89, but with 30 round magazines, first seen in "The Lid of Hell".
==AKM==
The East Asia United Front terrorists in the first episode are all using AKMs with the rescued terrorist leader using one with an underslung GP-25 grenade launcher in "The Magical Girl Comes Back". They're later seen first in "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms", confirming that the EAUF uses them as their weapon of choice. They're also seen with other bad guys in other episodes.
==Heckler & Koch HK416==
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia's magical artifact is a two shot derringer that can transform into various firearms. The most common form it takes is a HK416 with magically enhanced ammunition.
==Beretta ARX-160==
Aaron and Julia are seen with Beretta ARX-160s in "A More Terrible War" while on an anti-cartel op in Mexico. Magical Operations Response Group operators use them during the siege at JGSDF Naha Garrison in "Each of Their Own Battles".
thumb|none|500px|Beretta ARX-160 with 12" barrel - 5.56x45mm
==AK-47==
The AK-47 is seen with various bad guys in the show.
 
==IWI CTAR-21==
The IWI CTAR-21 is seen in an eyecatch with Lau in an eyecatch.
==AK-type rifle==
=Battle Rifles=
==LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter==
The LMT LM308MWS Sharpshooter is seen with operators under the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces' Magical Girl Operations Development Unit or M-Squad. Kurumi presumably gets one from the squad in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles".
=Sniper Rifles=
==OSV-96==
GRU Operative Constantine Asimov was initially armed with an OSV-96 during the final battle against the King Disas at Mt. Aso in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
==Accuracy International AS50==
The Accuracy International AS50 is used by M-Squad as the anti-materiel rifle of choice. It's usually loaded with Orihalcon-made ammo to weaken magical creatures and girls if a shot is made.
==Barrett M107==
The MORG's sniper rifle of choice is the Barrett M107 as they defend JGSDF Naha Garrison and the Dimensional Bridge from the attacking Disas Beasts
=Machine Guns=
==Browning M2HB==
The Browning M2HB is used the main machine gun on M1 Abrams MBTs.
==General Dynamics GAU-17/A==
A General Dynamics GAU-17/A is seen used with a JGSDF Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey VTOL deployed to Hokkaido in "Magical Girl Operations Development Unit", which is later used in other M-Squad ops in Japan.
==M240==
The M240 is used as co-axial machine guns on M1 Abrams MBTs.
==M134 Minigun==
The terrorists seem to have an uparmored Dodge Nitro with a M134 Minigun on a pop-out roof mount in "The Magical Girl Comes Back".
==RPK==
Russian magical girl Tamara Volkova is holding what is supposedly a magically modified RPK light machine gun with a 40 round magazine.
==Sumitomo Minimi==
The Komatsu LAVs of the JGSDF's 15th Brigade are armed with the license built Minimi by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Note that they're animated with a very long barrel.
==M61 Vulcan==
The M61 Vulcan is used on Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces F-15Js stationed at the JASDF Naha Air Base.
==Sumitomo Type 74==
The Sumitomo Type 74 in a coaxial machine gun role is utilized by the M-Squad's Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle deployed during the raid on the JGSDF Naha Garrison in "The Lid of Hell".
=Recoilless Rifles=
==Howa 84RR==
The JGSDF soldiers defending Naha are also equipped with the Japanese licensed copy of the Carl Gustav Recoiless Rifle in "Each of Their Own Deadly Battles.
=Grenade Launchers=
==GP-25==
Kim Kanth, leader of the EAUF, is given an AKM with a GP-25 Grenade Launcher attached in "The Magical Girl Comes Back" with most of the other EAUF terrorists.
==Milkor MGL==
A Milkor MGL is seen with Mia to clear out large number of Halloween-class Disas monsters in downtown Naha in "Each of Their Own Battles".
=Grenades=
==M67 frag grenade==
The M67 frag grenade is seen with Sacchu when Giess leads a breach to the JGSDF Naha Garrison's underground shelter in "Each of Their Own Battles".
==MK3 offensive hand grenade==
Asuka uses MK3 offensive hand grenade which is depicted as a smoke grenade to cover her escape in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
==Stielhandgranate==
A Stielhandgranate-type grenade is seen with an armed man in "If This Battle Ever Ends".
thumb|none|400px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade
=Others=
==Phoenix Razgromit Luc==
Tamara is seen using a giant flamethrower at times, known as Phoenix Razgromit Luc, which also houses a chaingun.
==Grenade Tripwire==
A grenade rigged to a tripwire is seen in "Babel Brigade - Combat Begins".
=Unidentifiable/Vague Guns=
==Unidentified M1911 Variant==
In the opening sequence, Asuka is seen holding what appears to be a compact or officer's model of the M1911 with skeletonized trigger, angled slide serrations, and enlarged beavertail. She is also shown using this as her primary ranged weapon alongside her magical karambit, and it appears to also shoot magically enhanced ammunition.
==Possible MP5==
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Riot Police escorting the terrorist leader and their vaguely recognizable firearms. Possible they are MP5's as the TMPD's SWAT teams are armed with such weapons.
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==Unknown Pistol/1911?==
Sacchu, the fairy that helps Asuka and others in Japan, uses a pistol when fighting alongside Asuka and Kurumi at Naha Air Base. He gains two of these when fighting Goblin-types at the underground bunker.