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This is a pretty good ova if and only IF you've played Senjou no Valkyria 3. This is not however something I would recommend to anyone who hasn't played the game. Contrary to the misinformation from other reviewers, they are -not- cramming the story of the game into a two part ova. This is coming from someone who has played all the games to date. This is an original side story that takes place around the midpoint of the game, it is NOT an adaptation. They barely establish anything about the characters or setting because they expect you to already be familiar with them. If ... you haven't played the game you've very likely to be confused and have trouble following along, wondering who these characters are, how/why they're in this situation and so on.
I should also point out this ova contains very massive spoilers for the game, so again not really something I would recommend if you haven't played at least half way into Senjou no Valkyria 3.

The plot seems 'fine' for a side story of this sort. It's very simple, clear cut, and straight forward. I rather appreciate that they used an original story for this ova, rather than adapting anything from the game. They also do a pretty decent job of illustrating one of the more desperate points of the overall story during the first half of this ova, even if that part of it was indeed a bit rushed.

For art I did notice there were some drops in art quality here and there, but for the most part the art retained a fair level of consistency. It wasn't top notch and could have used some better detail, but it was serviceable.

For sound, I appreciated that they had all the same voice actors from the game and used the same soundtrack too. There was one point where I couldn't help but notice they used the out of place sound of a tire screech for the tank coming to a quick stop on dirt, but aside from that I can't complain about the sound one bit.

It's a bit tricky to comment on the characters. I think they're all great personally, but in this OVA alone they don't really establish them much at all. From this ova alone you'll probably not learn much of anything about them, and they'll probably come across as lacking much depth or personality.

Overall: Great fan service if you enjoyed the game, but without having played the game you're probably not going to get much out of this aside from some minor enjoyment of the action on a superficial level.