Anyway, I’m liking this show so far: Minebea PM-9s are rare enough (never exported, as per Japanese law, and currently slated for replacement) to get me going “OOOH!”

@Biankita: Well, i cannot deny that. I don’t think i am a bookworm, but i am more interested in the overall context of the show, particularly in terms of “information control”.

@Ominae: you should really read Crusader’s entries in macross frontier, allison then. He is our military man here in THAT.

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@Binkita: Heh, I actually like the background (as long as they try to keep it humanely possible). This is perhaps my occupational disease since media is my field of studies.

@Tinyredleaf: I am getting Crusader, our resident military man in action. I am no military man. Guns are not my specialty, i care about the love. THE LOVE!

@Blissmo: I always have things to complain. I generally try to keep it to a minimum, since my job is not about flaming shows or be nitpicky. I am here to promote what deserves to be given a look. However, when the weakness becomes glaring, it is also important for me to warn my readers about it. That is how I see my role as an author in THAT Blog.

@Akiraman: Heh, well, the thing is that it is really the only entity that both parties cannot control. Equipment to replicate the digital format is easily forfeited. However, for existing books, other than burning all books away (which is going to cause decent amount of outroar like Qin Shi Huang’s style \O/), the only way is armed combat.

I do have my complaints about the context of fighting books though. It is a bit ridiculous but the foundation of information control is hardly irrealistic.

@Ominae: hehehe, shibasaki has that rather haughty feel about her. I kinda like her, but the fact that I am too fanboyish toward the sweet romance of Dojo x Kasahara means that I hardly have time to concentrate on anyone.

But, am I the only one who likes Asako? -_-;

If I really wanted to be fussy, there are so many other things I could quibble over. Where are the section NCOs? How come the Task Force assembled so close to the hostage building? Why wasn’t any MIB member watching the windows? Etc, etc. But it’s ok, because in the end, who cares? We just want more KasaDojo, lol.

Oh yeah, regarding why the LDF trained with the assault rifles, it’s most probably because they were undergoing endurance training in Ep1, and were therefore carrying a heavier than normal load. Given the wide variety of weapons the LDF deploys, their members are probably required to have range practise on all weapons. It’s just that we only got to see them practising with their assault rifles.

Let’s not forget that in in the 1st episode, the LDF also had acquired Howa Type 64 rifles and Sumitomo M249 LMGS (Licensed base on FN Minimi). But they’re yet to be seen.

LDF snipers are using Remington M24s. JGSDF bought them due to the criticism that Howa Type 64s with scopes aren’t good enough as DMRs since the sights would misalign if they’re heavy movement (e.g. porting it in your hands, having a sling to carry it).

Feel free to ask me on the JSDF weapons used by the LDF. XP

I believe the Task Force uses a variant of the MAC-10 submachine gun with an extended barrel and forward grip for better stability in full-automatic fire. The Media Improvement Brigade uses the Heckler & Kosch MP5.

I do wonder why the Task Force chose to use their submachine guns instead of their Type-89 rifles (JSDF standard issue weapon). I can think of three possible reasons: 1) They expected to fight most of the battle in-doors (which they eventually did); 2) For heavy suppressive fire (submachine guns are fully automatic, while assault rifles are semi-automatic by default); 3) They wanted to avoid inflicting lethal casualties. Submachine guns fire pistol calibre rounds that inflict substantially less damage than the 5.56mm rounds used in assault rifles.

By the way, I believe the Task Force snipers were using Remington M700 rifles. Can anyone verify? Thanks!