NCR Ranger Combat Armor

The NCR Ranger combat armor and the Ranger helmet are a set of armor in Fallout: New Vegas. They are worn by the New California Republic's Veteran Rangers.

Background
NCR Ranger combat armor and helmet is the outfit featured on the main loading screen and box-art. The distinctive black ranger combat armor consists of the Desert Rangers' traditional duster worn with pre-War LAPD riot armor and a set of rodeo jeans, as seen in some other Ranger Outfits. The helmet that accompanies it is black pre-War military issue, complete with a gas mask and built-in low-light optics. A "[7]" is painted on the left side of the helmet.

The front of the armor features a neck piece with "08" on it. A star and bear can be seen on the left shoulder pad, which is affiliated with the New California Republic flag. H3RM35 can be seen on the antenna, a reference to Hermes, an armor development project from the canceled game Van Buren. This armor applies the NCR disguise like any other piece of NCR armor.

The armor will appear in the game only after completing the first end game faction quest for any faction.

Ways to obtain

 * Kill a Ranger silently with a silenced sniper rifle without being seen. This results in zero karma loss and no infamy.
 * Reverse pickpocket C-4 onto a Ranger, then find a place to hide and detonate it.
 * Wear Legion armor to force a Ranger to attack you. This method results in no loss of Karma and no infamy.
 * If you become hated by the NCR, Ranger hit squads come after you and one of them may wear the armor.
 * During the quest You'll Know It When It Happens, a Legion sniper murders one of the president's ranger snipers. You can loot the armor from his body.
 * There are many rangers wearing this in sniper posts in Camp Forlorn Hope and in Camp Golf. Each Ranger carries a Sniper Rifle and 50 .308 caliber rounds. Inside the Camp Golf Resort Building, there are at least a dozen NCR Ranger Veterans with Anti-Materiel Rifles and the NCR Ranger Combat Armor.
 * There are two at Ranger Station Delta, north of Camp Forlorn Hope and it is possible to kill them without losing karma by fast traveling away as soon as you kill them and coming back later.
 * An alternative, an easy way to obtain this armor is to go to Camp Golf and waiting until the rangers go to sleep around 1 A.M. Then, find one upstairs sleeping, and kill him/her with a Sneak Attack Critical using a powerful silenced, Melee, or Unarmed weapon (such as a Ballistic Fist) or, if you happen to have the perk, Mister Sandman you can easily kill the ranger much more quickly and safely. Note that this can be done regardless of whether or not they are sleeping as long as you're absolutely hidden.
 * The best way is to sneak up to a veteran ranger when they're on the sniper nests in the camps (Golf and Forlorn hope are good ones) then use a good melee weapon to sneak attack critical them. This doesn't turn all other NCRs around you hostile and you don't lose reputation. Oh Baby! is very useful for this method.
 * One other way you can obtain the armor is by finding an empty oil canister or something you can roll around and push it into one of the rangers. This is a sort of glitch and takes longer than other methods because the armor resists most of the damage, but it does work.
 * If you can't manage to kill in a single hit, leave your companions else where and take one pot shot at the ranger's head. Holster your weapon and they'll forgive you.  Now you just have to finish them off while hidden/silenced.

Bugs

 * There is a clipping problem while wearing the armor with most rifles. While the weapon is holstered, it will appear to partially be in the trench coat. Sniper rifles (Except the Anti-Material Rifle), marksman rifles, and assault carbines do not suffer this problem, although holstering while crouched will still cause clipping issues, simply standing up while holstering will fix this.(The clipping issue occurs due to pistol-grip rifles holstering differently to stock-grip rifles, pistol-grips holster to armor while stock-grip ones holster to the player's body, causing the clipping). Same can go for the Ranger helmet; hair will partially be seen in the back depending on the hairstyle and shape of your character's head.


 * The Ranger Helmet sometimes will not be able to be repaired by any of the NPCs on the map and the only way to repair it is by finding another one and repairing it by yourself.


 * If you kill a Ranger to get this armor and you are neutral with the NCR, Rangers will still attack you, but no one else will even while you are wearing the armor. (Unconfirmed)

Appearances
The NCR Ranger combat armor appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgSJ7r3iN28&hd=1