History Main / MilitaryMoe

* Taiwanese digital artist [[Iron Lily https://twitter.com/vanishlily]]'s works mostly featuring all-female Medieval-era soliders, drawn in {{Moe}} PuniPlush style. They are mostly well-known for the intricate details and historical accuracy of the armors and weapons the characters wore.

See SmallGirlBigGun, which many characters are likely to sport in some fashion. SisterTrope of GirlsWithGuns.

* ''VideoGame/VictoryBelles'' replicates the [[MoeAnthropomorphism WWII-era warships in the shape of cute girls]] formula, but this time actually taking place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII! Not only are the individual personalities of the shipgirls (called Belles in-game) explored much more in-depth, they're also voiced in their native languages.

* ''Literature/GirlyAirForce'' is a solid example featuring {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of fighter jets from various nations battling an AlienInvasion. The jets use avatars of young cute girls to wander off-base and interact with people.

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* ''[[Anime/GirlsFrontline Dolls Frontline]]'' is the anime of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', featuring female androids who are anthropomorphized guns.
* ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'' is a {{Downplayed|trope}} example. Chito and Yuuri wear what look like military uniforms and helmets, Yuuri has a rifle, and they ride in a Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle, but they aren't actually part of any military and the story mostly focuses on how the girls get by in [[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic world]]. There aren't enough people left in the world to form any sort of military unit.
* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' is set InAWorld where the sport of ''sensha-do'' (the Way of the Tank) is seen as a [[LadyOfWar feminine martial art]], and stars the daughter of a prestigious ''sensha-do'' school.
* ''LightNovel/GirlyAirForce'' is a solid example featuring {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of fighter jets from various nations battling an AlienInvasion. The jets use avatars of young cute girls to wander off-base and interact with people.
* ''[[Anime/MaoChan Ground Defense Force! Mao-Chan]]'' invokes this, where the leaders of Japan's military branches fight adorable alien invaders with their even more adorable granddaughters.
* Played with in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. The girls are not involved with the military specifically but are still in government-related roles. They're all cute preteen girls, and the token oldest one can't be older than seventeen, who regularly wield [[SmallGirlBigGun guns]]... however, it's played up for drama, with the girls being ChildSoldiers, with {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s [[spoiler:who [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies all die]]]], in a cynical world where the [[DysfunctionJunction adults are also deeply troubled]]. The manga can't quite make up its mind on whether it's a deconstruction or not, however the original anime made it into a deconstruction. The second season ''Teatrino'', however, used a "moe" art style that was even cuter than the manga's and played this trope up more.

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* Played with in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. The girls are not involved with the military specifically but are still in government-related roles. They're all cute preteen girls, and the token oldest one can't be older than seventeen, who regularly wield [[SmallGirlBigGun guns]]... however, it's played up for drama, with the girls being ChildSoldiers, with {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s [[spoiler:who [[KillEmAll all die]]]], in a cynical world where the [[DysfunctionJunction adults are also deeply troubled]]. The manga can't quite make up its mind on whether it's a deconstruction or not, however the original anime made it into a deconstruction. The second season ''Teatrino'', however, used a "moe" art style that was even cuter than the manga's and played this trope up more.

* ''[[Anime/GirlsFrontline Dolls Frontline]] is the anime of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline]]'', featurig female android who are anthropomorphized guns.

* ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' is set in an alternate 1939, where aliens called the Neuroi have attacked the Earth, forcing the Earth's militaries to raise units of all-female magic users on broomsticks. The Striker Units they use prevent them from wearing any pants in combat.

* ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' is set in an alternate 1939, where aliens called the Neuroi have attacked the Earth, forcing the Earth's militaries to raise units of all-female magic users on broomsticks. The Striker Units they use [[PantyShot prevent them from wearing any pants in combat]].

* ''VideoGame/VictoryBelles'' replicates the [[MoeAnthropomorphism WWII-era warships in the shape of cute girls]] formula, but this time actually taking place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo. Not only are the individual personalities of the shipgirls (called Belles in-game) explored much more in-depth, they're also voiced in their native languages.

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* ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' takes place in an alternate version of World War II where various warships from alternate versions of the Allied and Axis nations have taken the form of beautiful young women thanks to the alien technology of the Sirens.

* ''VideoGame/ArmorBlitz'' has you commanding a group of cute tank girls against an enemy very similar to the Abyssals from [=KanColle=].

* ''VideoGame/KanColle'' is a CardBattleGame fought between [[MoeAnthropomorphism IJN ships in the shape of cute girls]].
* Similarly, ''VideoGame/WarshipGirls'' and ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' both have the same premise albeit with both Allied and Axis ships in their casts.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has a wide varity of {{Moe}} girls you can recruit into your squad. Its not exclusively ''moe'' girls, however, there are also men you can recruit, too.

* Played with in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. The girls are not involved with the military specifically but are still in government related roles. They're all cute preteen girls, and the token oldest one can't be older than seventeen, who regularly wield [[SmallGirlBigGun guns]]... however it's played up for drama, with the girls being ChildSoldiers, with {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s [[spoiler:who [[KillEmAll all die]]]], in a cynical world where the [[DysfunctionJunction adults are also deeply troubled]]. The manga can't quite make up its mind on whether it's a deconstruction or not, however the original anime made it into a deconstruction. The second season, ''Teatrino'', however used a "moe" art style that was even cuter than the manga's and played this trope up more.

It can be divided into two styles: One where the {{Moe}} girls ''operate'' the equipment (''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''Anime/TheMagnificentKotobuki''), and one where the girls ''are'' the equipment (''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', ''Manga/{{Upotte}}'')

* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' is a CardBattleGame fought between [[MoeAnthropomorphism IJN ships in the shape of cute girls]].

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' was originally this using a mainly [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys male cast]]. Early on it was meant to adapt World War II but with [[NationsAsPeople humanized countries]]. While most characters still wear military uniforms, the actual content of the series doesn't relate as much to war or the military as it once did.

* ''Anime/DivergenceEve'' is mostly about adults operating a war station in space, but also gives us Kotoko-01, a gynoid designed to resemble a child while operating firearms.

* ''Franchise/GrisaiaSeries'' visual novels (including the [=RPG=] gacha mobile game version of ''"Grisaia: Chronos Rebellion"'') features an abandoned school which becomes a base for female soldiers (who appear to be teenagers, preteens and young adults) of the defense unit [=SORD=] (Social Ops Research and Development) from Japan-America anti-terrorism organization [=CIRS=] (Central Intelligence Research Second). There's always [[TheOneGuy a man who works as a handler and a soldier]] in every game.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has a wide varity of {{Moe}} girls you can recruit into your squad. Its not exclusively ''moe'' girls, howvere. There are also men you can recruit, too.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' was originally this using a mainly [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys male cast]]. Early on it was meant to adapt World War II but with [[NationsAsPeople humanized countries]]. While most characters still mainly dress in military gear, the actual content of the series doesn't relate as much to war or military as it once did.

* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' is about you working for a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]] and leading an army of [[MoeAnthropomorphism cute android girls who]] ''[[MoeAnthropomorphism ARE]]'' [[MoeAnthropomorphism guns]] to fight in a RobotWar.