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'''Girls' Frontline''', known as 少女前线 or 少前 in Simplified Chinese, 少女前線 in Traditional Chinese, 소녀전선 in Korean and ドールズフロントライン (Dolls' Frontline<ref>[[Girls' Frontline: Doll's Song]] covers</ref>) or ドルフロ in Japanese, is a turn-based strategy game<ref group=Note>On the Chinese market, turn-based strategy games are defined as “SLG” for “Simulation Game”.</ref> with gacha and resources management components for Apple and Android platforms, developed by [[Sunborn]] with technology from Criware and [[T-Doll Costume Index#Live2D|Live2D]], soundtrack by [[Vanguard Sound]] and animated sequences by [[Big Firebird and Liverless|Liverless]]. The game was made available in Mainland China on May 20, 2016, in Taiwan and Hong Kong on January 18, 2017, in South Korea on June 30, 2017, in a worldwide English version on May 8, 2018, and in Japan on August 1st, 2018. It is rated 16+ under China's Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association (CADPA).

Players are called "Commanders", or by the Japanese translation "Shikikan" (shortened SKK) due to the game only having Japanese voice acting. The game has assembled a large and active community in several languages, sharing creative works and strategies.

The story starts in 2062. The player is a new [[The Commander|Commander]] of the Private Military Contractor [[Griffin and Kryuger]], directing [[Tactical Doll]]s in battle. Griffin is tasked with fighting against the T-Dolls of [[Sangvis Ferri]], who rebelled against mankind after the [[Butterfly Incident]], but one special T-Doll in Griffin's [[AR Team]], {{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}}, comes at the center of the attention of Sangvis Ferri and other factions as Griffin is drawn into a conspiracy involving [[Relic Technology]].

The story is told in a simple visual novel format through text, illustrated backgrounds, character sprites, music, some sound effects and simple animation. Aside from the main storyline, Girls' Frontline tells side stories in limited time events, character costumes and the Neural Upgrade feature. The world of Girls' Frontline has been expanded on by [[Confidential Files]] and is set 30 years before the game ''[[Codename: Bakery Girl]]'', set in the same universe.

The core gameplay of the game was decided based on the absence of a strategy RPG game on mobile, rather than analysis of market data. Sunborn aimed at creating a game with a long lifespan in a niche market segment rather than reusing popular but short-lived concepts.<ref name=GameDaily>2020 Gamedaily interview on [https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/166018133 Zhihu] & [https://www.gameres.com/872218.html Gameres]</ref> Yuzhong cited ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert'' as an inspiration. While the characters in Girls' Frontline were not conceived as anthropomorphic guns, Sunborn used the popularity of military anthropomorphic designs (擬人化) started by ''Kantai Collection'' in 2013. Firearms were chosen to differentiate the game from existing warships and tanks-based games.<ref name=4G2018 /> Microtransactions were limited to costumes in a system dubbed “Pay to Look”, in opposition to “Pay to Win”, in order to build the franchise over the years rather than generate profits quickly.<ref name=4G2018>[https://www.4gamer.net/games/405/G040593/20180622068/ 4gamer 2018 interview]</ref><ref name=4G2018JP /> An estimated 30 Sunborn members worked on the initial game development.<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1af4y197ma/ Girls' Frontline Summer Event Livestream] ([https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qwdOPiUdXHQvCBxD3v2ApmBANM18M77XKfgEGiF9EV4/edit Translation])</ref> The Japanese voices were recorded at Dax Production in Japan.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/E8x3Xotrr Weibo]</ref>

Chuapp reported that the game's development was significantly hindered by repeated miscommunication, reduced team sizes, lack of internal skills, unclear distribution of responsibilities, legal disputes and general trust issues between Sunborn and Wave-Game. Shanghai Xinfan Asset Management, one of Sunborn's main investors, reportedly pushed Sunborn to end their partnership with Wave-Game in favor of [http://www.windplay.cn/ Windplay] and later [[Game publishers|Digital Sky]], who would become Sunborn's launch partners, leading to a gradual breakdown of the partnership between Sunborn and Wave-Game starting in February 2016. The internal debacle was followed by the general public on Weibo and described by Chuapp as the second big public drama on the Chinese mobile games market after Warship Girls R. Due to contractual issues with Wave-Game, Sunborn was denied access to data from the third beta and asked beta players to take on a multi-steps verification system to transfer their accounts to the final game.<ref name=Chuapp>[https://www.chuapp.com/?c=Article&a=index&id=243971 Chuapp] ([https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SPU1NIu8z7avwSDq3hpXLEyg64rBqbjCRKkX3fFBQyE/edit Translated])</ref><ref>[https://weibo.com/p/1001603976919883368606 Wave-Game's Breach of Contract public announcement]</ref> Confirming Chuapp's report, Wave-Game's Marketing Director Jin Jie (金杰) commented in interview that the company had invested a hundred million yen into the project during its year of involvement.<ref name=InsideG>[https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2016/05/13/98604.html Inside-Games.jp]</ref> For more than a year after launch, girls-frontline.com, owned by Wave-Game, displayed their official response to Sunborn's change of distributor, while Digital Sky properly marketed the game at gf.ppgame.com (superseded by gf-cn.sunborngame.com in 2020 when the contract with Digital Sky ended).

The game released for Android in 20 May 2016, and for iOS on 7 July 2016.<ref>[https://m.weibo.cn/status/3994242609686897 Weibo]</ref> By September 2016, the game had one million accounts with over 200,000 daily active players.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/F2LBOiAb9 First anniversary post on Weibo]</ref> As of the game's third anniversary, over 10,500,000 player accounts had been registered,<ref name=Anni3>[https://live.bilibili.com/902593 Bilibili - 3rd Anniversary stream] (Unavailable, [https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1a4411i7DT/ Reupload])</ref> and over 13,400,000 by fifth anniversary.<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1i54y157bC/ Bilibili - Girls' Frontline Carnival 2021], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EkFe5_oF7gM7BA_g2i1IZuchQzKqmua3YOyLmWy-hX0/edit# Translated recap]</ref>

The Facebook accounts for the English and Traditional Chinese versions of the game were opened in August 2016. The TW server had a beta test from 14 to 17 January 2017,<ref>TW Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/gf.txwy.tw/posts/pfbid02bqfuCUoPDNUFaTHEwUJRhb9Js6jNYgRYGgNjJt8RbYjoe7VibwARmHmQznHpEoJNl] [https://www.facebook.com/gf.txwy.tw/posts/389310844751164]</ref> ahead of the official launch on 18 January.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=389470814735167&set=a.365254697156779 TW Facebook]</ref> Social medias for the Korean server opened in May 2017. A closed beta test ran from 27 to 29 June, followed by an “open beta” on 30 June.<ref>[https://x.com/girlsfrontlinek/status/879521494992158720 KR Twitter], [https://x.com/girlsfrontlinek/status/880364875217641472]</ref> The open beta was also presented as an official release<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/GirlsFrontlineKR/posts/pfbid02kxuNGcFE6QrQX2BybXwQwm4kZYUUGcNUUznGS5n6o25WXYsBukMMBawSdaMuopXhl KR Facebook]</ref> and the beta status was only mentioned in official posts for two days before being abandoned. 30 June 2017 is considered the official release date of the KR server.<ref name=KR1Y>[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=322705534935024 KR Facebook]</ref> The KR server reached 1 million players by 16 August,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/GirlsFrontlineKR/posts/pfbid02K9rKMChYAS9GXRBi3r7LBaHAnCvGqWq2i755yQcAc5mukzAQpXRhh9osxJ7tDLTZl KR Facebook]</ref> and 2 millions after a year.<ref name=KR1Y /> [[#Japanese release|The JP server]] was launched the following year. Social medias of the EN server had no significant activity until early 2018, ahead of its closed beta test from 8 to 11 April 2018.<ref>[https://x.com/GirlsFrontlineE/status/984341567023472640 Twitter], [https://x.com/GirlsFrontlineE/status/982930364896231424]</ref> An open beta test started on 8 May<ref>[https://x.com/GirlsFrontlineE/status/990118949185454080 Twitter]</ref> and transitioned directly into the official release on 22 May.<ref>[https://x.com/GirlsFrontlineE/status/998844572389097472 Twitter]</ref> In practice, 8 May is considered the launch day of the EN server for anniversary celebrations.

The partnership between Sunborn and [[Game publishers|Digital Sky]] for distribution of the game in Mainland China ended in April 2020.<ref>[https://gf-cn.sunborngame.com/NewsInfo?id=5557 Notice of transfer for Digital Sky accounts on the official site]</ref> Sunborn distributes the game internally in all regions (through its subsidiary Darkwinter Software for the Android release) except in Korea and Taiwan, where it is distributed by local branches of XD Global. On 30 June 2020, it was announced that Girls' Frontline KR changed publisher from [[Game publishers|XD Global]] to Young Phoenix.<ref>[https://cafe.naver.com/girlsfrontlinekr/4013469 Naver]</ref> Just four days later, it was announced that the change was just a temporary contract issue and the game returned under XD Global's operation<ref>[https://cafe.naver.com/girlsfrontlinekr/4015885 Naver]</ref> (Young Phoenix later became [[Game publishers|HaoPlay]], operator of [[Project Neural Cloud]] KR and [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]]). The 24 June 2021 update on the CN server reduced the use of English words, changing UI assets and renaming 17 Dolls.<ref>[https://gf-cn.sunborngame.com/NewsInfo?id=6025 CN Website]</ref><ref>DC Inside reports [https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=micateam&no=1693761] [https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=gfl2&no=5295717]</ref>

The game is often included among the foundational titles of Chinese gacha games due to its historical connections with Shanghai-based publisher Yostar (who managed regional servers for ''Azur Lane'' starting 2017 and [[Arknights]] starting 2020) and with the head producer of ''Arknights'', [[Artist:海猫络合物|Hai Mao]]. Though Girls' Frontline has long been less financially successful compared to competing games and CN players regularly called it a “pill” (药丸 or 丸, a wordplay on 完 (to end), for a mobile game soon to end its service) due to technical issues during beta and after, it has regardless continuously received new content since its launch in 2016. This led to Sunborn's reputation as a studio that never closes their games (known as EOS for "End of Service" in the gacha community) whereas even games supported by big IPs struggle to survive past a few years in the gacha market segment.

Following the CN launch of its sequel [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]] in December 2023, Girls' Frontline began to setup the final arc of its main story with an in-game message from [[Kryuger]] on 6 February 2024. Around that time, game data referring to a future main story chapter called Blazar Backscatter (耀变反照) was found, but ultimately went unused.<ref group=Note>As part of the response letters of [[Convolutional Kernel]], a message from [[6P62]], who is used as an avatar of producer [[Yuzhong]], read: “[[Commander]], I was surprised you wrote me a letter! I’m touched… But make sure not to give my address to [[Kalina]]. Why? Well, didn’t you hear about “Blazar Backscatter”? And how I only wrote 6,000 characters in seven months before procrastinating… Who said games were fun?! Oh, so Kalina hasn’t reported that to you yet… Then don’t worry about it! I’m sure we’ll meet again in a world were you’ll find me in exile… I should get back to work, now!” (指挥官，你居然给我写了信！感动啊……但千万记得不要把我现在的邮箱地址透露给格琳娜。至于原因嘛……嗯，不知道你听说过一个东西叫做“耀变返照”没有…… 关于我七个月只写了六千字导致开天窗这回事…… 谁叫游戏太好玩了！嗯……总之格琳娜还没跟你告状的话……那就当做无事发生吧！相信指挥官一定会和我重逢的！在一个你追我赶的世界里……啊不说了我要去干活了！) The message makes a reference to [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]], but it's unclear how seriously the part about Blazar Backscatter is meant to be taken.</ref> Two developers reported that the end of 2023, before plans were decided for 2024, was a difficult period for the team.<ref name=Report2 /><ref>[[Frankfurt Battle Report]], p. 36</ref>

Issues with the Steam publication process caused the game to miss the expected released date,<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/PsFfFkpWl Weibo]</ref> pushed back to 12 June.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/PvS5ZsIZW Weibo]</ref> Unexpected server loads forced Sunborn to take the game offline again after 12 hours of on-and-off maintenance,<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/PwooN5rHs Weibo]</ref> only coming back online nearly a month later, on 10 July.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/PAjmYlx4L Weibo]</ref>

{{StoryQuote|With [the Gunslinger Girls] [[Dream Theatre|collab event]], we want to recreate the deep emotions left by the characters in the original work. Girls’ Frontline is a work full of love and hope after all, so surely everyone will get a happy ending in this new story… Surely.<br>(在这次联动中, 剧情有考虑还原原作中少女们最令人印象深刻的经历, 不过毕竟少女前线是一个充满了爱与希望的作品, 所以在联动的剧情中大家都会得到幸福的结局……大概。)|Yuzhong<ref name=Gunslingers />}}

*The three final chapters: Laplace, love and hatred

While the main story was officially considered finished as of [[Convolutional Kernel]],<ref name=GiftBox>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/P5jzpvP0E Weibo]</ref> new story events were added after the announcement of the continuation of the CN servers, with the goal of creating a better transition between the stories of the first and second game.<ref>[https://www.4gamer.net/games/631/G063178/20250709033/ 4Gamer 2025 Interview]</ref>

Girls' Frontline's main story has gained a reputation for being dark and gritty. It has also been listed among the first science-fiction games to find success in its market at a time where this genre was considered niche.<ref>[http://www.gamelook.com.cn/2021/12/466536/ Gamelook]</ref><ref>[https://www.9game.cn/mrfz/8921082.html 9game]</ref> Kim Yong-Ha, producer of ''Blue Archive'', conceived his game in opposition to the dark tone of Girls' Frontline and [[Arknights]]' stories.<ref>[https://www.gamemeca.com/view.php?gid=1664598 Gamemeca interview]</ref> The ironic quote “Girls' Frontline is a game full of love and hope” (“少女前线是一款爱与希望的游戏”), and the shortened form “Love and Hope” (“爱与希望” in Simplified Chinese, “愛與希望” in Traditional Chinese, “사랑과 희망” in Korean and “愛と希望” in Japanese), appear in fan communities in early 2020 and became widely adopted after Yuzhong used it in an interview in July 2020,<ref name=Gunslingers /> and again in later interviews and in a [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]] dev log a year later.<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oh41117WW/ Bilibili] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzCK_a1X7mA&t=292s Translated])</ref> According to Yuzhong, this is in line with the overall tone of the story, which he described as “the road is tortuous, the ending is bright” (“道路是曲折的，结局是光明的”).<ref name=Gamecores2021 /> The quote features prominently in Chapter 15 of [[Project Neural Cloud]]. Fans have compared this approach to Gen Urobuchi's "Warrior of Love" (愛の戦士) story pattern.

This is the credit list provided in pages 44 to 51 of the first edition of the [[Frankfurt Battle Report]]. It does not list all [[Sunborn]] employees and contractors known to have worked on the game (see [[Sunborn#Staff lists]]). For a complete list of known character artists, see [[:Category:Artists]]. See also [[:Category:Voice actors]].

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*{{artist name|RIRE}}

*{{artist name|二花}}

*{{artist name|kuma}}

*{{artist name|小星}}

*{{artist name|脆片}}

*{{artist name|团子}}

*{{artist name|某食铁兽}}

*{{artist name|蠢k}}

*[[Artist:AC130|AC_130]]

*{{artist name|Hao}}

*{{artist name|七米}}

*{{artist name|三石}}

*{{artist name|ニ爷}}

*{{artist name|闪闪}}

*{{artist name|阿明}}

*{{artist name|七七}}

*{{artist name|加一}}

*{{artist name|珍妮}}

*{{artist name|小敏}}

*{{artist name|小密}}

*{{artist name|谈谈}}

*{{artist name|Magic}}

*{{artist name|暖暖}}

*徐昂

*月间樱

*Shana

*海豹

*芸豆

*Mark

*小宝

*jp

*迪卡

*EC

*天乐

*小粥

*小某

*小白

*树枝

*无尽

*沙拉

*高达

*小羊

*山竹

*滋味

*雪倩

*培根

*AA

*伊布

*乌鸦

*紙页

*执明

*天空

*阿岂

*伟

*芝士

*艾尔

*板栗

*QY

*呆呆熊

*shinhi

*苏云

*Tifa

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*A third artbook was announced in 2021<ref>[https://m.weibo.cn/7521349848/L8DcbD0gm Announcement 1], [https://m.weibo.cn/7521349848/MEzoXvRAt Announcement 2]</ref> and teased during [[Back to the Source]].<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/Ppw1Iki2z Weibo]</ref>

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Companies who ran brand deals with Girls' Frontline include Cherry keyboards,<ref name=Anni3 /> Moondrop (wireless earbuds with {{doll name|QBZ-191|AR|5}}), KFC (fast food), Lawson (convenience stores), Nissin (instant noodles) and Happy Zoo (cosplay cafe). The AirAsia X airliner 9M-XXB received a Girls' Frontline [[:File:2018 KR AirAsia Login.jpg|livery]] in July 2018 as part of KR server's first anniversary promotion organized by publisher XD Global.<ref>[https://www.girlsfrontline.co.kr/gfinfo/180725.html KR official site]</ref><ref>KR Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GirlsFrontlineKR/posts/pfbid02FfqUxfuDXwTbX6GQ8Ty7LjE82C7tdPuKGtmFSYNv8ADw8qULTcdwTALRFE7A3HUBl], [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=334551637083747], [https://www.facebook.com/GirlsFrontlineKR/posts/pfbid02eKdk6mMypSmhmqLuVGxdrFMNqY3pVB8uT8zqKvTWpkQRAkQb8RWk6eZfiSwQVQBKl]</ref><ref>[https://www.chuapp.com/article/285560.html Chuapp]</ref>

File:IOP Special Goods Department mascots.jpg|Rice and Nico.

File:Merch Collapse Fluid.jpg|[[Collapse Fluid]] chilled drink.

The Mainland China server for ''Call of Duty Mobile'' had a collaboration event on 9 July 2021. The SEA server (“Garena CODM”) received the event on 18 January 2022. It contained a skin for the character Scylla based on {{doll name|AN-94|AR|5}} ; multiple animated weapon skins and accessories based on {{doll name|Type 95|AR|5}}, {{doll name|HK416|AR|6|costume=costume3}}, {{doll name|MP5|SMG|5|costume=costume5}}, {{doll name|PP-19|SMG|5|costume=costume3}}, {{doll name|AUG Para|SMG|5}}, {{doll name|M16A1|AR|4}}, {{doll name|Desert Eagle|HG|5}}, {{doll name|M1887|SG|5}}, {{doll name|AS Val|AR|4}} and {{doll name|Kar98k|RF|5|costume=costume1}} ; a special mission against [[Dinergate]]s ; and various other small references and easter eggs.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5611537367/KjRU3ENFv Weibo - Collab announcement]</ref><ref>[https://www.chuapp.com/article/288114.html Chuapp]</ref> Another event titled “Duet” was held on 4 August 2023 on CN and SEA servers, featuring skins of {{doll name|M4A1|AR|5|costume=costume1}} and {{doll name|HK416|AR|5}} for the characters Dusk and Kestrel respectively, an "Impenetrable Wall" Bull Charge operator skill camo based on {{doll name|UMP45|SMG|4}}<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/codm/posts/pfbid0hry1kxtyt9H9Gazix67YU9APHg6oVgCAfUD3dR1y8VQ4WitxiQFSHBjdSfSE3cS2l Garena - free "Duet" blueprints post]</ref>, and weapon skins featuring {{doll name|MG36|MG|5}}, {{doll name|Ak 5|AR|4}}, {{doll name|MP5|SMG|4|costume=costume3}}, {{doll name|Type 95|AR|5|costume=costume5}}, {{doll name|Desert Eagle|HG|5|costume=costume1}}, {{doll name|MP7|SMG|5}}, {{doll name|UMP45|SMG|4}} and {{doll name|Kar98k|RF|6|costume=costume2}}.<ref>Weibo announcement posts [https://weibo.com/6739389890/N4pnJ87pS], [https://weibo.com/6739389890/N9oBZrqTX], [https://weibo.com/6739389890/Nd1wn1z1K]</ref>

In the FPS ''Ready or Not'' by VOID Interactive, markings on the weapons are references to Girls' Frontline:

*The ARWC bears the markings ''1557'', referring to {{doll name|ST AR-15|AR|4}} (index number 57).

*The F90 bears the markings ''THF90-073'', referring to {{doll name|AUG|AR|5}} (index number 73).

*The G36C bears the markings ''95-0104'', referring to {{doll name|G36C|SMG|5}} (index number 104).

*The M14S-16 bears the markings ''340037'', referring to {{doll name|M1 Garand|RF|3}} (index number 34) and {{doll name|M14|RF|3}} (index number 37).

*The MCX bears the markings ''35600-338'', referring to {{doll name|SIG MCX|AR|5}} (index number 338).

*The MK1(supporter weapon) bears the markings ''072219-56'', referring to {{doll name|M4 SOPMOD II|AR|4}} (index number 56).

*The MK17 bears the markings ''B0377'', referring to {{doll name|SCAR-H|RF|5}} (index number 377).

*The MK18 bears the markings ''16148054'', referring to {{doll name|M16A1|AR|4}} (index number 54).

*The SA-58 OSW bears the markings ''DSA00106'', referring to {{doll name|FAL|AR|5}} (index number 106).

*The SR-16 bears the markings ''GFL IH-3 55'', referring to {{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}} (index number 55).

*The VPL-25 bears the markings ''25565'', referring to {{doll name|HK416|AR|5}} (index number 65).

*The MP5/10MM bears the markings ''(026)'' and ''PN #00026'', referring to {{doll name|MP5|SMG|4}} (index number 26).

*The MP9 bears the markings ''17-0176'', referring to {{doll name|TMP|SMG|3}} (index number 176).

*The P90 bears the markings ''FN000245'', referring to {{doll name|P90|SMG|5}} (index number 245).

*The SPC9 bears the markings ''21-000341'', referring to {{doll name|SP9|SMG|5}} (index number 341).

*The UMP-45 bears the markings ''404-000103'' as a reference to {{doll name|UMP45|SMG|4}} (index number 103) being part of [[Squad 404]].

*The UMP-9 bears the markings ''404-000101'' as a reference to {{doll name|UMP9|SMG|4}} (index number 101) being part of [[Squad 404]].

*The 590M bears the markings ''SG154155'', referring to {{doll name|M500|SG|3}} (index number 154) and {{doll name|M590|SG|4}} (index number 155).

*The 870CQB bears the markings ''S. 000229'', referring to {{doll name|M870|SG|5}} (index number 229).

*The SUPERNOVA bears the markings ''V000352'', referring to {{doll name|Supernova|SG|4}} (index number 352).

*The BEANBAG SHOTGUN bears the markings ''S. 000229'', referring to {{doll name|M870|SG|5}} (index number 229).

*The B1301 bears the markings ''GFLSG404'', referring to [[Squad 404]].

*The B1301 ENTRYMAN(supporter weapon) bears the markings ''GFLSG404'' referring to [[Squad 404]].

'''PISTOL:'''

*The B92X bears the markings ''GFLHG003'', referring to {{doll name|M9|HG|3}} (index number 3).

*The G19 bears the markings ''GFLHG015'', referring to {{doll name|Glock 17|HG|3}} (index number 15).

*The M11 COMPACT bears the markings ''SSPNO186'', referring to {{doll name|P226|HG|3}} (index number 186).

*The TLE 1911 bears the markings ''0002'' and ''CA 00002 USA'', referring to {{doll name|M1911|HG|2}} (index number 2).