One year before the events of the anime, Pravda Girls High School faced Kuromorimine Girls Academy in the finals of the 62nd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament. 50 match.Ħ2nd National High School Sensha-Dō Tournament Pravda is the envy of smaller schools, and is one of the few that were able to field 50 tanks at a time for a special exhibition 50 vs. The tanks themselves are often modified to suit their needs too, with upgrades to optics and radio, and weight modifications to go faster. They became really strong after the 1980s when they got themselves T-34s and IS-2s. When Sensha-dō reached its prime, Pravda had the advantage of being able to import tanks directly from Russia. Their children attended a school built from a 2nd hand ship that became modern Pravda. The native Russians that were there built a school for their children, and when the trade route with Russia was formally completed in the 1890s, many Russians spent the rest of their lives in Japan. Because of their proximity to Japan's northern islands, Russia sent men and resources to the area to build ports and ship yards that became Pravda. When the Tsardom of Russia (and later the Russian Empire) was developing the Eastern territories, they needed places to service their ships. At this moment, the flag tank is often under light guard, and is relatively vulnerable. Pravda has a habit of leaving their flag tank in a safe place away from the fighting once the rest of the team is engaged. Pravda's rank-and-file commanders lack the ability to think on their feet, and their overall commander is not adept at managing multiple separate detachments. Many of her plans involved predicting how the enemy will react, and do not account for unforeseen situations. In general, Katyusha doesn't bother to formulate a Plan B, which can become a liability if things go awry. Part of showing her strength is an abject refusal to turn down the challenge of a straight fight - Pravda will ignore the options of flanking or evading combat in favor of pushing straight through enemy strong points with as many tanks as they can muster. She makes it a point to display how awesome she is by formulating plans that are sometimes unnecessarily elaborate. Katyusha herself loves breaking the morale of her opponents and seeing them grovel before her. Pravda may leave their flag tank in the open or seemingly unprotected to bait their enemies into falling into an ambush. The school also tries to take advantage of the weather, being better accustomed to fighting in cold environments than many of their peers. Pravda's tactics make use of traps and double envelopment. Many students are also shown wearing a light brown ushanka with the ears tied up. A black vest may also be worn over the entire uniform. The jacket features a four pointed red star on the lapel, imitating the five-pointed star used by the Red Army. The school uniform is a dark green jacket over a red shirt worn with a black skirt. They also had a night train but it was abolished. The railway is connected to everywhere on the school ship and was originally used for mailing purpose. Pravda also have an underground railway facility to navigate through winter storms in the carrier's lower deck. Katyusha's excessive disciplining is balanced by vice-commander Nonna, who considerately scales down the sentence to more traditional punishments, like forced labor or "extra homework in a classroom without windows". The liberal and subjective manner in which these punishments are distributed invokes many taboo actions or opinions, often regarding Katyusha's height. The school environment is highly punitive, with persistent references to " purges", " gulags" and "Siberian mines" as forms of punishments for those who upset the commander. Many of the school 'rules' are a consequence of the hapless first year students running to obey Katyusha's every whim. In contrast to most other schools, Pravda is not run by a student council, and is instead under the rule of the Sensha-dō captain, Katyusha, who exerts her authority in a dictatorship-esque fashion. Pravda is a school based in the Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the island of Honshu.Ī well known and highly respected school in the Sensha-dō league, Pravda are amongst the top performers in every competition, and were the defending champions at the time of the anime series. 2.7 Against the All-Stars University Team.2.6 Against Ooarai - Chi-Ha-Tan Compound Team.2.1 62nd National High School Sensha-Dō Tournament.