So has anyone seen Youjou Senki? Now i usually despise the magical girls stuff...(with the exception of that Swiss Witch in World War II but that sucked towards the end too) but this. This is awesome.
MC is basically some Second Lieutenant Magical Girl in the German Imperial Army Expy during World War I...only mages are common and people are used to them.
The difference to the normal stuff is, that the MC is a sadistic Sociopath who has nothing but his/her career in mind and tortures her own men and/or sacrifices their lives without a second though. She is hiding that behind a veneer of Fanaticism for the Fatherland and Religiosity...and its so god damn glorious. "Magic" is also rather restricted so far which is nice, basically they can super-power their rifle shots, can fly and make energy shields and thats that. Which is fine. In this universe they basically work as a replacement for air force and tanks crammed into one.
If you are a fan of ye olde grimdark, hyperviolence then that show is about right for you, especially since it contains a lot of trench fighting, (including magical napalm bombs and normal chlorine gas goodness) dog fights between the mages (its magic yeah, but not over the top in a way, it fits seamlessly into the world as something completely normal...which i like) and thank the gods, no fan service so far.
Plus the story is so full of beautiful sadistic black humor, but i won't spoil it for you...have a watch if ye want something (i guess) different from the usual fare.