So new episode is out.
And of course she flips tanks. Why the f*ck not? `
Lifting Panzer IVs and Panzer IIIs alone means she can at least pull off 245 kN with her telekinesis abilities, which would've accelerated a typical longsword weighing 1.5kg at 163,500 m/s^2 or 17 thousand gravities . It's pretty clear she can't accelerate swords fast enough to penetrate tank hulls though, which would imply that there's either a time limit on her ability to cause objects to undergo acceleration, or there's a maximum acceleration she can cause objects to go under through. Though it appears pretty clear she can accelerate lighter objects far faster than heavier objects, evidenced by the fact that she can make an LMG an anti-tank weapon.
The fact that she can use swords to block Pz.III fire is interesting - I haven't looked close enough to see whether or not they were using the 37mm or the 50mm, but either way both penetrates around 35~60mm of RHA at point-blank range, compared to the thickness of around 3~6 mm for an average historical long-sword. That means even assuming a double-layered sword-shield, Izetta can enhance material toughness and hardness to be equivalent to approx. 5~10 times it's thickess in rigid-penetrator scenarios with her magic.
Overall, she's already stronger than Master Chief, and probably stronger than a Space Marine too.
...well now that that's put aside, to talk about the episode itself, firstly the animation quality seems to have gotten back up a bit; I can still tell it's cheap, but it's less noticeable and the fight scenes were gorgeous. I still somewhat feel that the sound effects are a bit off, but the Stuka's iconic scream was still appreciated. The attention to detail in period tactics was also very much amused the history buff in me, even if not 100% period accurate.
In terms of plot, the initial
German I mean Germ
anian assault to Connenbourg evidently failed(do I need to spoiler this? Not sure), and now the news of the Weiss Hexe is obviously going to spread and reach afar. The Chief of Staff at Eylstadt's capital are probably already thinking of various ways to spin this as propaganda, as period-appropriate. This has some potential to become "powerful innocent nice
guygirl gets manipulated by political shenanigans" type of thing and they definitely seems to be hinting at it, so I'm looking forward to where they go with this. Apparently Germania has only been investing a single Panzer Company - even though I'm reasonably certain I saw more than 14~20 tanks in the episode into breaching the line at Connenbourg(am I spelling that right? Not sure). But anyways, we'll probably see them become a bit more serious once the news of the witch gets out next episode.
In terms of character development, we got some more of Fine being badass and caring for her country stuff, which is I suppose is okay though like the second episode, felt that it was a bit redundant. There wasn't much in the way of character interaction between Izetta and Fine this episode, which I suppose is something that'll be explored further in the next one - as someone else already mentioned(on SB, I believe?), just going with "she was the first one to care for me" alone is going to get tiring pretty quick. Some more chemistry would do great service, even if it's in the FULL YURI GOGGLES direction. We see a hint of further character interaction by the way Fine reacts to Izetta flipping tanks for her, but in which precise direction their relationship will go remains to be seen.
Overall, my fears upon the drop in quality of the second episode have not been validated, and this show still captivates my interests.
She's like a Gundam using bits to smash the enemy lines, with a good side of telekinetic tank throwing, Gate of Babylon, lancer suicide (aka throwing the very the lance she's using to fly against the enemy), and even turning a normal light machinegun into an anti-tank weapon 
