Weapons

The world of Youjo Senki is, with the exception of the presence of magic, very similar to Europe during the time of the First World War. As such, numerous real-life weapons from the period appear in the anime and manga.

=Empire=

Mondragón Rifle
Mages in the Imperial Army use Mondragón rifles at their primary weapons, often firing magic rounds out of them. In real life, the Mondragón was a Mexican semi-automatic rifle of the early 1900s, the first such weapon to become standard issue in a national army. The Mondragón was sold to Germany in the First World War, but proved unreliable in the muddy conditions of the trenches, and was thus mostly used as an aircraft weapon until enough machine guns were available. The use of the weapon by mages somewhat mirrors it's real-life deployment in the WWI.

Panzer III
Unusually for the World War I-like setting of the anime, the tanks used by the Empire are identical to real-world Panzer III tanks used by Germany in World War II. The Panzer III was the primary German medium tank early in the war, armed initially with a 37mm main gun.

Aircraft
=Francois Republic=

Transport Plane
=Ildoa Kingdom=

Lewis Gun
The bombers operated by the Ildoa Kingdom unit sent to support the Norden rebels are armed with twin Lewis machine guns in a forward turret for defensive armament, which they use to shoot down several mages. In real life, the Lewis Gun was a weapon widely used in the First World War by the British Commonwealth, both on land and as an aircraft armament, much like how it is depicted in the anime.

Monoplane Bomber
=Entente Alliance=

M1 Garand
=Dacia Grand Duchy=

Mars Automatic Pistol
The Dakian officer who attempts fire on Tanya and her unit carries a Mars Automatic Pistol. In real life, the Mars was a British prototype from the early 1900s which never saw combat, and was repeatedly rejected for military service in spite of its high stopping power, due to it's complex mechanism and high recoil, which made it difficult to aim.