
If it wasn't for the fact she's a student at an all-girls school, you might think Noriko was a boy.
Bifauxnen: Short hair, wears shorts and a tee shirt, and AA-cup breasts. Shinobu: "You didn't have to actually say it." Underdogs Never Lose: Averted about every single time it enters combat.
Meaning that in the hands of GUTS Team, the stunts it does in the series are (technically) possible.
Reality Is Unrealistic: The Type 89's only remarkable feature was that it had a good diesel engine and a drivetrain with traction to spare its off-road speed was limited mostly by crew safety note (as in, how badly they wanted to be shaken by every bump of terrain), and there exists vintage promotional photos ◊ of this tank stunt-jumping trenches. In the OVA, it takes out most of Anzio's Carro Verroce tankettes on its own. Lethal Joke Character: Throughout the series, the Type 89 has garnered zero kills in direct combat, yet it is pivotal in every one of Ōarai's victories. Insistent Terminology: It's a medium tank, thank you very much. Fragile Speedster: In a notable aversion of the original tank's performance (top road speed comparable to the cross-country speed of other tanks), it is consistently portrayed as having retreating as its only defense. note While normally the Type 89 weighs between 12-13 tons, the Automotive Club removed some extra equipment like the rear unditching "tail" to bring its weight down
A Day in the Limelight: The Type 89 is the only tank from Ooarai to appear in Ribbon Warrior, due to it being the only tank in Ooarai's arsenal that is able to meet the Tankathalon's 10 ton weight restriction.Companion Cube: The reason it's given an entry in the characters page.Her nickname comes from the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar. She wanted to paint Hippo Team's StuG III the colors of the Afrika Korps. She is usually seen wearing a peaked cap and a full field jacket. "The Desert Fox" who was a German tank commander in Africa during World War II. Her name comes from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel a.k.a. Tank co-commander and radio operator of the team.
Maybach HL 62TRM 6-cylinder petrol 140 PS (138 hp, 103 kW)