Combat armor (Fallout 3)

	For an overview of combat armor variants in all games, as well as background information, see combat armor.

Fallout 3 armor set
Combat armor
Combat armor
DR	32
item HP	400
weight	25
value	390
repair	Combat armor Ranger battle armor Rivet City security uniform Talon combat armor Tenpenny security uniform
variants	see Variants
base id	00020420 000CB5EF (shellshocked)
Combat helmet
DR	5
item HP	50
weight	3
value	50
repair	Combat helmet, Ranger battle helmet, Rivet City security helmet, Talon combat helmet
variants	see Variants
base id	00020426 000CB5F0 (shellshocked)
Combat helmet

 

The combat armor and matching combat helmet are pieces of armor in Fallout 3.

Background

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A diverse family of personal body armor with varying degrees of sophistication, providing balanced protection against both energy and ballistic damage. A wide variety of such armor can be found throughout the wastelands, ranging from the early iterations developed by the United States Army to the cutting-edge riot gear that came into use prior to the Great War.

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 chest plates covering the torso, as well as the forearm guards. The combat helmet's shaded visor is also absent. The winterized combat armor variant 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 (Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops) 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 acrylic cover over the eyes, so it can be worn with normal eyewear, such as 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

	The following is based on Fallout 3 cut content.

• Sim regen armor
• Shellshocked combat armor (Identical to standard combat armor - Base id: 000CB5EF, helmet: 000CB5F0).

	End of information based on Fallout 3 cut content.

Comparison

Image	Name	DR	Weight	Health	Effects	Value	Limit	Base ID
	Combat armor	32	25	400	—	390	∞	00020420
	Lag-Bolt's combat armor	38	30	500	+10 AP, +10 Big Guns	400	1	xx00b95f
	Ranger battle armor	39	27	1100	+5 AP, +1 LK, +10 Small Guns	430	5	00023030
	Rivet City security uniform	24	20	100	+5 Small Guns	330	∞	000239CC
	Sim regen armor	32	25	400	Health regen, limb repair	390	—	xx002969
	Talon combat armor	28	25	300	—	390	∞	000A6F76
	Tenpenny security uniform	24	20	100	+5 Small Guns	180	4+	00034119
	Shellshocked combat armor	32	25	400	—	390	—	000CB5EF
	Winterized combat armor	32	25	999,400	—	390	3	xx003af9
	Winterized medic armor	32	25	400	+10 Medicine	390	3	xx00a9a1

Unique apparel are highlighted with a darker background

Locations

• Found inside Anchorage Memorial.
• Four sets can be found in the Bridge tower in Rivet City.
• Sold by various merchants, such as Crow, Michael Masters, Moira Brown, and Tulip.
• Worn by the Drifter, Barrett, and Forty.
• Two sets can be found in poor condition in the National Guard depot.
• Occasionally worn by smugglers.
• Several sets can be found throughout Mothership Zeta.

Gallery

Concept art by Adam Adamowicz

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References

Armor and clothing in Fallout 3 Power armor Army power armor · Brotherhood power armor · Enclave Hellfire armor · Enclave power armor · Lyons' Pride power armor · Outcast power armor (Linden's Outcast power armor) · Power armor (Ashur's power armor, prototype medic power armor, tribal power armor) · T-51b power armor (winterized T-51b power armor) · Tesla armor Combat armor Combat armor · Ranger battle armor · Security uniforms · Talon combat armor (Lag-Bolt's combat armor) · Winterized combat armor (winterized medic armor) Other armor Leather armor (Wanderer's leather armor) · Merc outfits · Metal armor (gamma shield armor, samurai armor)  · Raider armors · Raider commando armor (Leather Rebel) · Raider iconoclast armor · Raider ordinance armor (Bombshell armor) · Raider paingiver armor · Raider throwdown armor (Metal Master armor) · Recon armor (Chinese stealth armor) Clothing Advanced radiation suit · AntAgonizer's costume · (Dirty) Chinese jumpsuit · Colonel Autumn's uniform · Doctor Li's outfit · Elder Lyons' robe · Enclave officer uniform · Environment suit · Eulogy Jones' suit · General Chase's overcoat · Grifter's Fit · Kid's outfits (Blast Off pajamas, kid's cave rat outfit, Mayor MacCready's outfit)· Mechanist's costume · Mysterious Stranger outfit · Neural interface suit · Oasis robes (Maple's garb) · Paulson's outfit · Pre-War outfits · Pre-War businesswear · Radiation suit · Repairman jumpsuit (Red's jumpsuit) · Regulator duster (Sheriff's duster) · Roving trader outfit · Scientist outfits (Lab coat, Lesko's lab coat, The Surgeon's lab coat) · Scribe robe · Sexy sleepwear (All-nighter nightwear, Naughty nightwear) · Slave outfits (laborer outfit) · Spacesuit · Tenpenny's suit · Tribal garb · Vance's longcoat outfit · Wasteland outfits · Winterized Chinese jumpsuit (General Jingwei's uniform) · Workman's coveralls Vault apparel Armored Vault 101 jumpsuit · Tunnel Snake outfit · Vault jumpsuits (child's Vault 101 jumpsuit, Vault 77 jumpsuit) · Vault 101 utility jumpsuit (Dad's wasteland outfit, modified utility jumpsuit) · Vault lab uniform · Vault 101 security armor Headwear Bandana · Button's wig · Chinese commando hat (Hat of the People) · Confederate hat · Eulogy Jones' hat · Head wrap (Three Dog's head wrap) · Hockey mask (Ledoux's hockey mask) · Lincoln's hat · Oasis druid hood (Poplar's hood) · Party hat · Pint-Sized Slasher mask · Police hat · Pre-War baseball cap (kid's baseball cap, Takoma Park little leaguer cap) · Pre-War bonnet · Pre-War hat (shady hat) · Sheriff's hat (Paulson's hat) · Stormchaser hat · Wig · Winterized Chinese commando hat Helmets AntAgonizer's helmet · Brotherhood power helmet · Combat helmet · Enclave Hellfire helmet · Enclave power helmet · Eyebot helmet (Crow's eyebot helmet) · Lyons' Pride power helmet · Mechanist's helmet · Metal helmet (samurai helmet) · Motorcycle helmet · Outcast power helmet · Power helmet · Raider arclight helmet (Torcher's mask) · Raider blastmaster helmet · Raider psycho-tic helmet · Raider wastehound helmet (Boogeyman's hood) · Ranger battle helmet · Recon helmet (composite recon helmet) · Rivet City security helmet · Supervisor helmet (filtration helmet) · T-51b power helmet · Talon combat helmet · Tesla helmet · Winterized combat helmet · Winterized medic helmet · Winterized T-51b power helmet · Welder's mask  · Vault 101 security helmet Eyewear Biker goggles · Ghoul mask · Glasses (Cryptochromatic spectacles, Desmond's eyeglasses, Lag-Bolt's shades, Lucky shades, Three Dog's glasses) Italics denote armors only available through add-ons. Headwear is found in articles of matching armor where possible.