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The combat armor and matching combat helmet are pieces of armor in Fallout 3.
Background
Combat armor is a diverse family of personal body armor with varying degrees of sophistication, ranging from the earliest iterations developed by the United States Army[1] to the cutting-edge riot gear that came into use prior to the Great War.[2]
Characteristics
Combat armor is among the best forms of protection in the post-War Capital Wasteland. 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. 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.
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. The combat helmet's shaded visor is also absent. 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 helmet is olive drab colored and its shape resembles the current day PASGT kevlar helmets. The picture shown in the Pip-Boy is also very similar to the German Stahlhelm. Unlike its predecessor from Fallout and Fallout 2, the helmet does not have the glass cover over the eyes, although it can be worn with normal eyewear like eyeglasses.
Variants
Armor
- Ranger battle armor
- Rivet City security uniform
- Talon combat armor
- Tenpenny security uniform
- Lag-Bolt's combat armor
- Winterized combat armor
- Winterized medic armor
Helmet
- Ranger battle helmet
- Rivet City security helmet
- Talon combat helmet
- Winterized combat helmet
- Winterized medic helmet
Cut versions
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- Shellshocked combat armor (identical with standard combat armor) base id: 000CB5EF.
- Shellshocked combat helmet (identical with standard combat helmet) base id: 000CB5F0.
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Locations
- Two combat armors in poor condition can be found in the National Guard depot armory.
- Can be bought from Crow.
- Can be bought from Seagrave Holmes.
- One can be found in the Anchorage Memorial.
- 4 suits can be found in the Rivet City Armory.
- Several suits can be bought from Moira Brown.
- Can be bought from Tulip in Underworld.
- Can be bought from Michael Masters in Tenpenny Tower.
- Several suits can be found in various locations on Mothership Zeta .
- One is found in poor condition on the Drifter in Dickerson Tabernacle chapel.
- ↑ The Army helmet is presented in the game as an older type of helmet, issued to uniformed troops who do not use the standard set of combat armor: Clearly visible in the tutorial segment and later on countless dead bodies throughout the Commonwealth
- ↑ Riot gear variants available in Lonesome Road.