Combat armor

Combat armor is a term applied to mid level military issue armor worn by the dalmer.

## Overview

Combat armor provides outstanding protection at comparatively low-weight and high-comfort levels. Combat armor is nearly exclusively used by Dalmer military forces and special police units. The basic model of combat armor is essentially a skinsuit, worn with combat webbing to which armored plates forming the combat armor are mounted. It offers protection and reliability (as damaged plates can be simply swapped), although lacks the heavy models offer. Combat armor comes in standard and heavy variants.

## Construction

Combat armor was designed to protect key sections of the human body from ballistic trauma with hard armored Mirthilium plates made from complex polymers and ceramics, with a flexible body suit interwoven with thermal proof and bulletproof material.

A suit of adequately maintained combat armor grants the wearer significant protection from most types of damage, including physical (blunt force, slashes and bites) laser, plasma, ballistic (bullets, shrapnel), and blast damage uncommon for personal armor. Furthermore, it does so without the extreme weight inherent in most battle armor systems.

Owner data is printed on the collar and includes rank, name, service branch and blood type, to facilitate easy identification of wounded and dead soldiers.  The full body armor features, a knife sheath on the left chest plate and a camelback style hydration pouch in the back.

### Standard variant

The earliest models of the combat armor were manufactured as specific plates mounted on combat webbing. To build, the armor requires 10 kg of Mirthilium, 10 kg of steel, 9 kg of iron, and 1.3 kg of leather, when all the weight of the electronics and hardware installed, the armor set weighs a total of roughly 90 kg. The armor comes with the traditional copper-bronze-golden coloring and blue finishing's by default, making it unsuitable for most camouflage situations. This camouflage can be altered to better suit terrain operations by being spray painted black or a camouflage motif.

### Heavy Variant

An improved version of combat armor, designed to replace it, this high tech suit was created as a heavier, more protective armor reserved for use by shock troops and special forces. This suit of armor is even more durable than the standard reinforced combat armor, providing modestly greater protection against all forms of damage. The heavy combat armor is typically seen as a scaled down version of power armor with greater reliance on mechanical and electronic assistance on the field. A full set of heavy combat armor weighs 200 kgs. The heavy variant of combat armor is fully sealed. The combat armor is in essence a scaled down power armor with limited mechanical or electronic assistance.

### Helmet

The armor provides full face quality protection and is typically worn with a matching military-grade helmet with built-in low light optics, a flashlight and gas mask.

The helmet is a standard ballistic assembly, with a back-mounted battery that can be used to power any helmet attachments. The helmet is designed to protect the wearer from projectile and energy weapon impacts, bladed weapons, blunt trauma, and concussion. An integrated visor not only protects the user's eyes from the ordinary battlefield hazards of grit and dust, but also from laser blindness and flying fragments. The helmets also incorporate combination camera/laser rangefinder units built into the helmets' right side, just above the ear. There is a Flashlight on the side of the helmet.