Personal Armour
General Information
Making use of the curiously resilient and ultra light alloys that compose almost the entirety of the UFO hulls, the propeller heads have been able to cook up a relatively simple but highly protective suit of armour in their laboratory habitats. This new suit of armour rivals even standard kevlar combat armour in terms of effectiveness.
Basically the suit is a black full body suit with alloy plates slipped in to protect vital areas. Various guards moulded from Alien Alloys provide additional protection to areas such as the shoulders and hips, they also supply some pocket space for a suit that, when you get down to it, isn't quite designed for pockets.
No one knows why the top of the ski mask-like headgear has been deliberately chopped off in every suit off the production line. It has however revealed the adminstration department's appalling inability at allocating sufficient funds for soldiers to go and get decent hair cuts.
The relatively simple and cost effective construction of Personal Armour allows some X-COM Commanders to introduce the suits as standard issue equipment very quickly. But more importantly, it's a good excuse for engineers to get rid of that often gigantic mound of Alien Alloys that tends to accumulate in storage.
Scientists are planning on designing a heavier and bulkier variety of armour that offers double the protection and introduces mechanical enhancements to aid movement under the additional bulk. Refer to the Power Suit project for more information, and the Flying Suit project for the planned anti-gravity enhancements that allows flight.
Statistics
| Facing | Protection |
|---|---|
| Front | 50 |
| Right | 40 |
| Left | 40 |
| Rear | 30 |
| Under | 30 |
Any soldier wearing Personal Armor or better will be completely immune to the effects of fire -- but a Power Suit or better is needed against stun damage from smoke.
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