Leather armor, reinforced

The Leather Armor, Reinforced is a piece of armor in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
It can be seen in most of the demos shown in E3, being used by the Courier. Its appearance varies from normal leather armor in that its shoulder pads are closer to the same size and appear to be made of or plated with some kind of metal. The armor also looks the same on both male and female, as opposed to the regular leather armor which has different skins.

Significantly, reinforced leather armor has nearly the highest damage threshold of any non-faction light armor. Vault 34 security armor and the Chinese stealth armor, are also non-faction with higher DT, yet reinforced leather armor has more than twice the health of those armors and can still be repaired with common leather armor, making it far easier to keep in good condition. This makes it very useful for characters relying heavily on Sneak or movement speed (especially with the Travel Light perk), since heavier equipped armor increases the chance of enemy detection (unless the player has the Silent Running perk) and reduces movement speed.

The Space suit is another contender, with the same DT as reinforced leather armor but even less weight. However, it also has less than half the item health and is perhaps the most difficult to maintain of all these armors, repairable only using rare radiation suits or vendors.

Locations
Reinforced Leather Armor can be bought from many merchants (including the Gun Runners and at 188 Trading Post) at mid to high levels. It can also be found on Viper Gang Leaders at lower levels, and on regular Vipers at mid to high levels.

Can also be found in the corpse of Trash in the shack on the Old Nuclear Test Site.

Appearances
The Leather Armor, Reinforced appears in Fallout: New Vegas.