The armor was typically worn in conjunction with standard Army fatigues or specialized uniforms designed for it, with various solid color camouflage patterns (including Arctic white, coyote brown, and olive drab). The shins, knees, and feet were covered by frontal plates worn over standard combat boots. The lower body was protected by a pair of thigh plates, worn together with a groin and kidney protector.
Additional forearm protectors were issued to frontline troops. The individual components included a combat helmet issued with matching goggles in hazardous environs, front and back ballistic plates, and a pair of axillary protectors. consisted of individual armored plates manufactured from synthetic fibers attached to standard load-carrying equipment of the infantryman. The first modern type of combat armor developed by the United States Army to the cutting-edge riot gears that came into use prior to the Great War. Army combat armorĪ full suit of Army combat armor used on the Alaskan front. Modelled after the human silhouette and designed to provide balanced protection that does not limit mobility on the battlefield, combat armors are a diverse family of personal body armor of varying degrees of sophistication, from the earliest iterations of the armor developed by the United States Army to the cutting-edge riot gears that came into use prior to the Great War.