The picture shown in the Pip-Boy is also very similar to the German Stahlhelm. The helmet is olive drab colored and its shape resembles the current day PASGT kevlar helmets. The winterized combat armor variant used in the DLC looks the most like combat armor present in earlier Fallout titles, except for the snow-appropriate camouflage pattern and face-covering balaclava. The combat helmet's shaded visor is also absent. Unlike the reinforced variants common on the West Coast, all the combat armor available in the Capital Wasteland is short-sleeved, having only the shoulder pads and chestplates covering the torso, as well as the forearm guards. It is fairly useful for early to mid-level characters, as it can probably be acquired before the Ranger Armor, and doesn't have the penalty to Agility that metal armor has. It has the fifth highest DR for non-power armors, only lower than Ranger battle armor, Lag-Bolt's combat armor (only available with Broken Steel), metal armor, and Metal Master armor. CharacteristicsĬombat armor is among the best forms of protection in the post-War Capital Wasteland.

Rank indicators were typically painted on the axillary protectors, with the Army insignia and identification numbers printed on the back plate. The armor was typically worn in conjunction with standard Army fatigues or specialized uniforms designed for it, with various solid color camouflage patterns (including Arctic white, coyote brown, and olive drab). The shins, knees, and feet were covered by frontal plates worn over standard combat boots. The lower body was protected by a pair of thigh plates, worn together with a groin and kidney protector. Additional forearm protectors were issued to frontline troops. The individual components included a combat helmet issued with matching goggles in hazardous environs, front and back ballistic plates, and a pair of axillary protectors. consisted of individual armored plates manufactured from synthetic fibers attached to standard load-carrying equipment of the infantryman. The first modern type of combat armor developed by the United States Army to the cutting-edge riot gears that came into use prior to the Great War. Modelled after the human silhouette and designed to provide balanced protection that does not limit mobility on the battlefield, combat armors are a diverse family of personal body armor of varying degrees of sophistication, from the earliest iterations of the armor developed by the United States Army to the cutting-edge riot gears that came into use prior to the Great War.

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