Ganado militia

The Ganado Militia is Osmund Saddler's private army that is based on the Los Illuminados island base and forms the last Ganado enemy group encountered in Resident Evil 4. In the story of RE4, the militia formed Saddler's "Plan B," whereby if the Ashley Graham plan failed, they would be sent to the United States to ferment chaos and disorder from within.

Appearance
They appear as Ganados wearing predominantly dark combat fatigues. However, some Milita wear orange industrial work suits with gasmasks horrifically stitched to their faces or bound to their faces with barbed wire. The militia are equipped similar to the Zealots and villagers but are much faster in pursuing the player and can attack in greater numbers than other Ganados.

"Plan B"
Little was shown in the main game of what "Plan B" was (actually just one file, the canon sidestory "Seperate Ways" revealed a larger portion).

On her way to stop Leon's assassination at the hands of Jack Krauser, Ada Wong discovered a secret shipyard. This yard contained a dreadnought with several large cannons, machine guns, gatling guns, and what appeared to be cruise missiles. This suggests that the Militia were always ready—or at least since Leon's arrival—for Plan B. The ships could also of been there because of the island being a labratory base, but it probably was there for plan B.

Arsenal
Militia are armed with a variety of weapons, including much of the Zealots' arsenal including crossbows and shields and a few similar to villagers including hatchets and dynamite, with some wearing combat helmets and facemasks to protect themselves from headshots. Unique Militia include J.J. and the armored Ganados that, thanks to the iron plates they wear, are immune to most gunfire aimed at their body. As befitting their presence late in the game, the Militia are the hardest Ganados to face in combat.

Weapons unique to the militia include:


 * Stun Prod—The stun prod is a powerful electric cattle prod used to shock the player. The player should listen to the sound of electrical sparking to warn of a nearby stun prod.
 * Minigun—The minigun is a huge rotary cannon (a Gatling gun) only carried by J.J. This is fired in long sweeping bursts and can shred anything in the line of fire. However, the Ganados use a mounted version of the minigun which is stationary but should used with care when attempting to neutralize.It can also Damage other Ganados,when carelessly fired by Ganados
 * Bowguns usualy are long rang prefered weapons:sniper rifiles(any) or bowguns
 * Hammer—The hammer is carried by the large, armored Ganados. It is an extremely damaging melee weapon, much faster to swing than the mace.

Militia usually carry the tentacle-type Plaga.

Secrets

 * Before the helicopter pilot (Mike) was killed, there was a cutscene that showed two Soldier Ganado carrying a scythe.
 * Before you head to the camera room where you can find the screens showing Ashley, take a left turn. Kill three Ganados (the one with the crossbow, the big one who has a hammer and the one with the shield) and destroy the head of the fourth. You should see that he's carrying the Plaga similar to Red Zealots.
 * Militia are the only types of enemies in the game (besides the Red Zealot and ambushing zealots in the Castle) that can use firearms (namely J.J.). They are also commonly seen with Rocket Launchers.
 * In the Resident Evil 4 Incubate Dvd, no Militia were seen despite it being based off Resident Evil 4. This is probably due for time of the film, which lasts 97 minutes.
 * In the main game, none of the Soldier Ganados wear caps. The ones wearing caps are only encountered by Ada in either Seperate Ways of Assignment Ada.
 * In Seperate Ways, a few Soldier Ganados wield other weapons such as stun prods or hatchets in conjuction to the wooden shield. They never attack with stun prods when carrying shields in conjunction. One carries hatchets and a shield, he can either expose himself to throw hatchets at a short range or knock the player with the shield if she is too close.