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** I have allegedly heard rumors that it is based off of a US Army order of 100 Fireflies at the end of the war that was later cancelled, but this is extremely dubious and I could not find any sources to validate it. I think it's more likely that Saunders was given a Firefly as the Sherman tank sniper variant. Them not using tank destroyers or other tanks is probably a matter of in the case of the tank-destroyers, not believing they fit the style of the battle (tanks with open-tops are practically never used probably because they would be too limiting to anime being destroyed without causing all tons of FridgeLogic questions about the safety of the tankers inside) or because the writers hadn't agreed on the stance of using prototype tanks like the M6 Heavy (granted, a prototype tank shows up 5 episodes after the Firefly is first shown, but the episode was probably written before the decision was finalised). In-lore I think it could be a gift or purchase of the upgrade done by whatever company makes the tanks or even by St. Glorianas.
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** Not explicitly. All we know is that side material reveals that Kay is a big fan of all Sherman variants. Fan speculation is that as Captain of Saunders' Senshado team, Kay has the authority to make a line up of her favourite vehicles, regardless of if they were actually used by the country their school is based on.
