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SR-876

One of Shionne's guns, included in the free Special Training Grounds DLC, released back in October 2021, along with other weapons for the whole party, that can all be unlocked by overcoming group battle challenges in Viscint's Training Grounds. This particular gun is intended to mesh well with her Girls' School Uniform costumes, but can naturally be used with any other costume and does not require the paid School Life DLC. The in-game description goes as follows:

SR-876 A sniper rifle fine-tuned by Shionne herself. When disassembled, the whole thing can be concealed inside a book bag with little effort.

Design-wise, the SR-876 seems to draw inspiration from the Heckler and Koch G36 (HKG36 for short), probably in its HKG36V variant (sometimes called HKG36E), with its simpler optic compared to the G36 :

Notice the optic system that can double as carrier handle on top, as well as the "hollowed" look of the buttstock, with its big holes. Zooming in where the receiver meets the stock even reveals a little semicircle-shaped button with ridges.

On the G36's, it allows the wielder to fold the stock over, as demonstrated below:

Still, the SR-876 is also differs from the HKG36 with its noticeably elongated barrel and lack of gun grip. These changes were operated most likely to both be consistent with the size of her other guns, as well as to avoid any clipping issues (hence no gun grip). Also of note, the SR-876 is referred to as a sniper rifle (the only gun of Shionne's to be called a sniper rifle at all, if I'm not mistaken!), despite the G36 being an assault rifle. As such, it seems SR-876 is meant to be a "sniperized" HKG36 (with an optic that I'm not sure is appropriate for sniping, but what do I know)

The description mentions that it can be dismantled and that seems somewhat consistent with the G36 as it does seem pretty easy to pick apart, and is a modular gun as well (although the longer barrel miight be problem but maybe Shionne has a couple tricks up her sleeve that we just don't know about). The "fine-tuned" part however does clash with the G36, given that it is a standard issue in many armies and police forces across the globe. You'll find this bastard everywhere, really. But I guess it is a modular gun, so customization is possible so maybe that's what the "fine-tuned" part is in reference to (looks like she got a solid black magazine instead of the standard clear??)???? And I guess the gun she has is different from its irl counterpart. Is that what we're supposed to take from this? That she turned an HKG36 into a weird sniper herself? That she sawed off the grip??? dont do that???? ......? Anyway.

A camo-painted version can also be obtained:

With its 4 different shades of green and vibrant brown, this pattern might be intended for use during woodland operations, but the somewhat faded quality of the greens might make it a good pick for semi-arid biomes as well.

As for the name, in all likelihood the 'SR' part stands for Sniper Rifle (unless it's Sexy Renan, ofc). 876 is a goroawase pun on Banamu which sounds close enough to Ban'namu which in turn is often used as short for Bandai Namco. This is likely a replacement for the late 765 goroawase that stood for 'Namco' and appeared in several of their games over the years. (You might have encountered 876 as well in another Bamco IP, Idol Master, which sometimes features a talent agency by the name of 876Production) To be fair, one could also argue that the SR-876 also bears a resemblance to Beretta's SC70/90. Which is true but I think it looks like the G36 more. With that being said, if any of you gun enthusiasts have any remarks or know of any real-life gun that's an even better fit, lemme know! Also if anyone has info or comments on the camo pattern I'm interested because '?????'