NCR Ranger Combat Armor

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

- NCR soldier

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

Characteristics
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.

Locations

 * This armor can be found throughout the game in NCR occupied areas (e.g. Camp Golf, the NCR Ranger Safehouse (after Patch 1.02), Ranger Station Bravo, etc) or if you become hated by the NCR and Rangers will come after you.
 * At any point in the game you can simply take a silenced gun and snipe the NCR ranger from a far and loot their body, without any knowing it was you. alternatively if you follow the ranger to a point where the two of you are hidden from the rest of the base, crouch and hide from your target and V.A.T.S attack him with a high powered unarmed or melee weapon (ex. ballistic fist, thermatic lance, ect.)
 * One way to get the armor without killing or reverse pickpocketing (incurring negative ncr reputation) is to build a high enough reputation with the ncr around camp McCarran and Col James Hsu will give you a key to the NCR Ranger Safehouse. (This is needed to be done in Fallout: New Vegas patch 1.2.0.314) Inside are a set of NCR salvaged power armor, NCR Ranger patrol armor, and NCR Ranger combat armor, alongside a Hunting revolver, Assault carbine, and Trail carbine. All of these items are found in poor condition.

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. 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 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.
 * This can be fixed by first equiping a NCR Ranger patrol armor and then equiping the NCR Ranger Combat Armor. After you have done this the armor will keep the new weapon-stance that originally the NCR Ranger patrol armor has. Another way to fix this though is to stand still and holster your weapon (this means that you should not be moving in any way).
 * 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.