Weber, Kurz

クルツ・ウェーバー

Kurz is a member of Mithril and holds the rank of Sergeant in the SRT (Special Response Team) of the Tuatha de Danaan (TDD-1) Pacific Battle Group. His call sign is Urzu-6, and his ID number is B-3127. He serves as an SRT Arm Slave pilot and designated marksman, demonstrating equal proficiency with sniper rifles and Arm Slave long-range precision cannons. It is said that he can visualize the exact trajectory of a bullet, which results in almost inhuman accuracy. He most often forms a three-man cell with squadmate Sousuke Sagara and squad leader Melissa Mao. He is regarded as a finicky genius, burdening the Mithril mechanics with complaints and requests that are extremely difficult to understand.
Kurz is a Caucasian male, roughly six feet tall. He is of German descent, sports a blond mullet, and has blue eyes. He is very good-looking, and combined with his outgoing personality, he easily befriends most people. His reputation with women in romantic terms is largely spoiled by his unflinching and overdone pursuit of "the fairer sex".
Kurz speaks Japanese, English, and German fluently. He had aspirations of becoming a professional blues singer before he became a soldier. Consequently, Kurz can sing and play the guitar quite well, entertaining the ersatz hostage Jindai High students with his rendition of "Take me out Mariana Trench!" in the novel, A Dancing Very Merry Christmas!.
In the scope of the main anime and novel series, Kurz is shown being deployed in Tokyo with Melissa and Sousuke to protect Kaname Chidori. During the course of the show, he displays his extreme talent with a WA2000 rifle. A notable shot is made from the back of a moving truck into the open gun port of the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon of the Behemoth. Later, Kurz assists Sousuke in subduing John Danigan and Guen Bien Bo, two SRT members who turned defectors after Gauron hijacked the Tuatha de Danaan. His hand-to-hand combat skills in this incident are harshly judged as being “worse than a city punk” by Melissa Mao.
He is known to be a hard hitter on women and speaks in vulgar and flippant language. Despite the negative attitude he has received from women, he remains Sousuke's best friend from Mithril. Kurz annoys Melissa Mao greatly due to the open nature of his sexual feelings for her. In essence, he is Sousuke's complete opposite in personality.
At the time of the novel "Dancing Very Merry Christmas!", 1st Lieutenant Grouseax and the newly-promoted 2nd Lieutenant Melissa Mao placed him under observation for promotion to Sergeant Major. In the serialised novel "Tsudou to Make My Day", Kurz is the SRT's Sergeant Major.
His alias is Kalius, a name he used during the snatch operation on Vincent Bruno.