NCR Ranger Combat Armor

The  and the Ranger helmet are a set of armor in Fallout: New Vegas. Worn by the best of the best among the New California Republic's 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 trench coat worn with pre-War LAPD riot armor. The helmet that accompanies it is black pre-War military issue, complete with a gas mask and built-in low-light optics. A "[7]" 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. 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. It matters not what faction you join with, long as you start one of them. After which, NCR Veteran Rangers will begin to appear across the Mojave Wasteland.

Location

 * These suits of armor only spawn on New California Rangers, who usually spawn in NCR territory beginning at level 14.
 * This armor can be found at Ranger Station Delta. You would have to kill the Ranger wearing it. The easiest way to accomplish this without killing everyone in the area is to acquire Boone as a follower and attack the Ranger and quickly holster your weapon. If all goes well Boone will attack the Ranger causing him to flee. Once the Ranger has run far from the station you and Boone can kill him together and acquire his Armor and weapon. Usually the Ranger carries a very rare and powerful weapon such as the Ranger Sequoia and the brush gun. Alternatively, if the player is capable of instantly killing the NCR Veteran Ranger with a single shot (Most likely while in sneak) the player can fast travel to a non-NCR occupied zone as soon as the ranger dies, and then wait 24 hours. No reputation is lost, and the player is free to return to the corpse to loot.
 * Also can be found in Camp Golf. If you have a powerful weapon with a suppressor mod, you can wait until the troops go to sleep. Simply wait until one is alone and then kill him. The unique BB gun Abilene Kid LE BB Gun is an excellent choice for this.
 * Very easily obtained inside the Camp Golf mansion with the Mr. Sandman Perk. Choose to wait until around midnight while inside the mansion and then follow the NCR Rangers upstairs. After the NCR Rangers have laid down crouch to enter sneak mode and with your status as hidden choose to murder a Ranger. You won't receive a faction loss and you can obtain up to 4 pieces of armor and various weapons. Alternatively you could reverse pickpocket C4 into their inventory easily here but make sure you leave any companions on the first floor of the mansion.
 * The best way of getting this armor without getting attacked, or losing faction points is to do the following. Do reverse pickpocketing and plant C4 on the ranger, and detonate, you lose no rep points and any other NCR people will not attack you or anything. A word of caution though, the Rangers tend to get launched extremely high in the air, and you may have trouble finding their corpse, so if best explode them in doors or near a wall to stop them flying to far.
 * Another place to find it is at Camp Forlorn Hope.
 * It is possible to get the armor through reverse pickpocketing. For this use, see planting items.
 * Faction armor can be worn to prevent getting bad reputation when killing a ranger.
 * If you become hated by the NCR, Ranger hit squads come after you and one of them may wear the armor.
 * If you are friendly with NCR and wish to be so, the best way to get a suit of this armor is to get Legion armor/wear it and use a high powered/silenced weapon to sneak attack critical headshot a ranger wearing the desired armor at Ranger Station Delta at night.
 * If you can spare an stealth boy and some C4 you can place a live C4 in the rangers inventory and blow it up from a safe distance without losing fame or getting shot, just leave your companion behind and don't blow up some quest related NPC.
 * An easy way to obtain the armor is to go to Ranger Station Alpha once you're level 17. There will be a Veteran Ranger (who also has a Ranger Sequoia) in front of the tents. Go to the hills behind the tents and use a sniper rifle while hidden to kill the Veteran Ranger. I did it in two shots with no loss to my NCR Reputation.
 * For those looking for a way to obtain the armor without having to kill a ranger personally, continue with the main quest until you reach the mission where you have to protect the president. Disarm the bomb on the vertibird, then go speak to Ranger Grant. He'll cancel the president's speech. Now quickly get behind the stage where the speech is being made. A moment later, a sniper will take out an NCR Veteran, while the rest flee with the president. Grab the armor before the body disappears. One completely guilt free way of obtaining the armor.
 * During the quest Restoring Hope when you have to go and meet sergeant cooper he will be accompanied by multiple New California Rangers. Go into the hills surrounding them and simply shoot one in the head while hidden. This will net you the armour and no loss to your NCR reputation.

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 (including the Gobi Campaign scout 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. 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.

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