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Tesla armor is a name given to various kinds of armor designed to protect against directed energy attacks. 
They were constructed from plans left behind by Nikola Tesla that were confiscated by the US government after his death.[1]
Unlike the basic metal armor it strongly resembles, this armor is an actual pre-War military design.[2] Its three Tesla Attraction Coils disperse a large percent of directed attacks. However, since its protection against conventional firearms is comparable to the post-War metal armor, it was not widely employed by the United States military, although some suits made their way to National Guard depots and from there to the wastes.[2][3][4][5]
This version was an original-issue Tesla Armor during the period before the complete destruction of Navarro by the New California Republic. Similar to the Enclave Tesla armor from Fallout 3, the Remnants Tesla armor has multiple energy capacitors on the shoulders, presumably channeling energy towards weapons that utilize that energy. The Gannon Family Tesla armor is the only set that remains in 2281.
This armor is a variant of the Enclave's post-War advanced power armor mk II jury-rigged with a Tesla device that is capable of dispersing a large percentage of the damage done by directed-energy attacks. It is unrelated to the original Tesla armor. (This suit of power armor can be obtained in Fallout: New Vegas with console commands)
Midwestern Brotherhood Tesla armor[edit | edit source]
This version was likely designed after the Great War by the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, based on the pre-War model. The main difference is that its Tesla Attraction Coils are not in the form of protruding rods, like in the earlier variant.
The Vault-Tec Tesla armor developed in the Secret Vault is different from other pre-War or post-War variants. It appears to be a bit similar to Tesla power armor. They are the two tesla coils on the shoulders for dispersing a large percentage of directed energy attacks.
The cancelled Fallout d20 included an illustration depicting an advertisement for the Tesla armor. Even though it is supposed to be a pre-War ad, the armor has a Brotherhood of Steel logo on the chest.
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| | Normal armor | | Light armor | | Advanced radiation suit · All-purpose science suit · Assassin suit · Chinese stealth armor · Joshua Graham's armor · Leather armor (Lightweight leather armor, Gecko-backed leather armor) · Leather armor, reinforced (Gecko-backed leather armor, reinforced) · Marked scout armor · Radiation suit · Raider armor (Tribal raiding armor) · Space suit | | | Medium armor | | Combat armor (Combat armor, reinforced, Combat armor, reinforced mark 2, US Army combat armor, Van Graff combat armor) · Desert Ranger combat armor · Lightweight metal armor · Marked patrol armor · Marked trooper armor · Papa Khan ArmorCut content · Recon armor (Broken recon armor, Christine's COS recon armor) · Riot gear (Advanced riot gear, Elite riot gear) · Sierra Madre armor (Sierra Madre armor, reinforced) · Stealth suit Mk II | | | Heavy armor | | Armor of the 87th Tribe · Marked tribal armor · Metal armor (Apocalypse gladiator armor, Gecko-backed metal armor) · Metal armor, reinforced (Gecko-backed metal armor, reinforced) | | Power armor
All are considered heavy armor | | Broken power armor · Remnants power armor (Gannon family Tesla armor, Remnants Tesla armorCut content) · T-45d power armor (Brotherhood T-45d power armor, Scorched Sierra power armor) · T-51b power armor (Brotherhood T-51b power armor) |
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They were constructed from plans left behind by Nikola Tesla that were confiscated by the US government after his death.[1]
J.E. Sawyer's Fallout Role-Playing Game Tesla Armor & Tesla Helmet 
Armor found their way into National Guard Armories, and from there to the Wastes. Tesla Armor gives the wearer a 20% bonus to their Radiation Resistance."
