NCR Ranger Combat Armor

"If I live to earn the Black Armor, I can die a happy woman."

- An NCR Ranger

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.

It is often referred to as the Black Armor and is considered to be one of the most valuable and awe-inspiring items in the entire Republic.

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

Ways to obtain

 * Reverse pickpocket or kill a Ranger veteran.


 * During the quest, You'll know It When It Happens, it is possible to get the armor without killing a veteran or losing any armor. Search the vertibird and discover the bomb planted there. Report back to Ranger Grant while the speech is happening and he will tell other rangers to get President Kimball back to the vertibird. The sniper will then fire and kill an NCR Ranger Veteran, and the president.

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.

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

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