Combat armor (Fallout 4)

The combat armor is a relic of the Great War, and remains, as armor in Fallout 4, an effective source of balanced protection in the Commonwealth.

Characteristics
Combat armor is found often middle to late game and offers very well balanced protection between projectile and energy damage while having no resistance against radiation. This form of armor prefers balance rather than specialty, and as such will not surpass other more specific forms of protection built for certain damage types, but offers lesser protection from the most common damage types, making it the ideal choice for mercenary groups like the Gunners.

Locations
One full set of unmodified combat armor can be found an hostile NPC by the name of Absalom. He resides in a yellow house under the huge bridge southeast of diamond city (follow the road and go under the bridge to cross the water). This unmarked location is near a marked raider encampment, called Andrew Station, and it is between this location and Hester's Consumer Robotics on the south side of the bridge that you will find him. You may have to wait a while until the NPC appears (I usually find him at night).