Combat armor (Fallout: New Vegas)

The combat armor and the matching combat helmet are pieces of armor in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Identical in appearance to the version found in Fallout 3, and unlike the one in Fallout and Fallout 2, the combat armor available in the Mojave is short-sleeved, having only the pauldrons and chest plates covering the torso. The combat helmet's shaded visor from Fallout and Fallout 2 is also absent.

Black combat armor
There is also an identically-named black version of this armor, with the same appearance as Van Graff combat armor. There is no matching helmet for the black version. This version is worn solely by members of the Van Graff crime syndicate, and is painted black for "brand recognition purposes." A total of nine suits of black combat armor exist in the game: five worn by the Van Graff thugs at the Silver Rush, one worn by Simon, one worn by Jean-Baptiste Cutting, and two on the bodies of dead Van Graff thugs at the site of Durable Dunn's Sacked Caravan wreckage.

Variants

 * Van Graff combat armor - The Van Graffs' standard armor for all of their guards, however identical armor simply called "combat armor" can be found at Durable Dunn's sacked caravan.
 * Combat armor, reinforced - An improved version of combat armor, made out of tougher armor plates and covers more of the wearer's body, most notably the back and upper torso, the weight is roughly the same.
 * Combat armor, reinforced mark 2 - An even tougher version of standard combat armor and an improvement of the reinforced combat armor, the armor provides more protection by having an even thicker set of armor and covers most of the torso, the lower legs and a portion of the forearms, all for the same amount of weight.
 * US Army combat armor - A green, military variant with private insignias found in the Divide.

Locations

 * Bonnie Springs - Green variant, found on one of the Viper gang members.
 * Camp Golf - Can be stolen from the sleeping quarters of the House Resort.
 * Camp McCarran supply shack - Daniel Contreras sometimes sells combat armor.
 * Durable Dunn's sacked caravan - Black combat armor can be looted from two Van Graff thugs and during the Birds of a Feather quest.
 * Gun Runners - Combat armor is worn by respawning guards, who can be killed without Karma penalty. The Vendortron from the Gun Runners may also sell normal combat armors.
 * Hoover Dam - Quartermaster Bardon often has two sets of combat armor.
 * Nellis hangars - Can be stolen from the armor boxes.
 * Vault 34 - In the armory.
 * In a footlocker between Crescent Canyon west and Crescent Canyon east. As of patch 1.4.0.525, this locker also contains a combat helmet.
 * Combat armor is worn by the mercenary Norton, who may be outside of Jacobstown.
 * A combat helmet can either be bought or stolen from Miguel's Pawn Shop.
 * Often found in lockers at the Big MT complex.