Protective suit, in particular for work or rescue operations, comprising an overall, having a front side, a rear side and left and right connecting sides (7a, 7b) extending on both sides therebetween and these sides (5, 6, 7a, 7b) form an outer surface of the overall and having a belt assembly comprising a plurality of belts (10, 12, 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b, 17a, 17b, 20a, 20b) arranged to run on a rear side, the left and right connecting sides (7a, 7b) and the front side of the overall, of which at least individual belts are fixedly joined to the overall at least in some regions, and having at least one arrest eyelet (4a, 4b; 38a, 38b; 39) connected to the belt assembly, wherein the belt assembly in the region of the front side of the overall comprises a left and a right arrest eyelet (4a, 4b) when viewed in the circumferential direction, characterized in that a predominant longitudinal portion of each of the belts (10, 12, 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b, 20a, 20b) of the belt assembly that are arranged in the region of the front side of the overall is arranged running inside a respective channel (24, 36) formed on the overall in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the belts (10, 12, 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b, 20a, 20b), and the channels (24, 36) are each formed by a surface section of the overall and strip-shaped channel covering elements, which channel covering elements are arranged on the outer surface of the overall and that the strip-shaped channel covering element is connected to the overall in the direction of its longitudinal extension at at least one first longitudinal edge region via a first connecting device, wherein the retaining force of the first connecting device is dimensioned so that in the case of a predetermined force acting from the belt (10, 12, 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b, 20a, 20b) accommodated in the channel on the channel covering element under a normal stressing such as occurs when performing work in the sitting position, the first connecting device is not yet released and the first connecting device is only released when the predetermined force is exceeded, and that the belt assembly comprises a central transverse belt which is arranged to run on the rear side in the pelvic region and the central transverse belt is joined fixedly to the overall on the rear side, wherein the central transverse belt extends running through the channels assigned to this as far as the left and right arrest eyelet (4a, 4b) and in each case a belt end (13a, 13b) is connected to the left or the right arrest eyelet (4a, 4b) and that the belt assembly further comprises a left and a right lower transverse belt (14a, 14b) which are arranged in the two thigh regions in each case running around inside the channel assigned to the lower transverse belts (14a, 14b) and that the belt assembly further comprises a left and a right rear leg belt (17a, 17b) in each case extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein a first belt end of the left rear leg belt is connected to the left lower transverse belt and a second belt end is connected to the central transverse belt and a first belt end of the right rear leg belt is connected to the right lower transverse belt and a second belt end is connected to the central transverse belt, and the left and right rear leg belts (17a, 17b) are fixedly joined to the overall at the rear side thereof.