Letzte Bataillon (Hellsing)

The Letzte Bataillon is a group that features in Hellsing.

History

The Letzte Battaltion (Japanese: 最後の大隊, Hepburn: Saigo no Daitai, Translation: Last Battalion)

In 1999, they are shown to be more loyal to The Major than to the higher-ranking Nazi officers. During the Major's return to Millennium's secret base in Jaburo, a Colonel became furious with the Major, frantically asking why the top echelons had never been converted into vampires, and tried to beat him into submission. To this, the Major reveals two things: every single other member had already been converted, and the old generals themselves were the leaders only nominally. He then proceeded to assert his authority by ordering the soldiers to turn against their own superiors. Not long after, the Major had them executed on a live broadcast to the London summit between Iscariot and the Table, formally declaring war upon England.

Overview

Being both highly-trained German soldiers of World War II and surgically-enhanced vampires, they are a proficient, versatile, and dangerous fighting force. It is implied at one point in the series that the Letzte Battalion had first seen action at D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, nearly single-handedly halting the entire Allied invasion of mainland Europe completely.

Millennium soldiers were overall hardly different from their Second World War counterparts, equipped with World War 2-era German weapons including the Kar98k, MP40s, MG42s, STG-44s, stick grenades, Panzerfausts, and Panzerschrecks. It appears, however, that their WW2-era weaponry had been upgraded as their MP40s had an extraordinarily high rate of fire and ammo capacity. Their stick grenades and Panzerfausts also possessed more destructive explosive power, and their melee weapons included bayonets and trench shovels. Despite the fact that they possessed such an arsenal, the battalion had little to no dedicated anti-air weaponry to combat Iscariot's airborne forces.

The Last Battalion wore the standard German field grey (Feldgrau) SS uniform. The London attack force also wore greatcoats over their tunics and were equipped with several ammo pouches, gas mask canisters, and backpacks. They also sported a facecloth and carried special ultraviolet protection gas masks to prevent damage from the ultraviolet lamps used by the airborne Iscariot forces. Meanwhile, the soldiers under the command of Rip Van Winkle were wearing German Fallschirmjäger uniforms instead of the standard SS uniform which was seen on other Last Battalion soldiers.

Members

• Zorin Blitz :
• Rip van Winkle :

Notes

• The Letzte Battaltion were created by Kouta Hirano where they featured in the setting of the Hellsing universe.

Appearances

• Hellsing:

External Link

• Hellsing Wiki Entry

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