A Combat Vest is a military-style vest designed for holding ammunition magazines, grenades, and other military weapons, gear, and supplies, similar to a Combat Harness.

Price: 48 KS or the local equivalent. They are made by various manufacturers including Ketsurui Zaibatsu.

Combat vests have been worn by military forces for thousands of years before the time of the Yamatai Star Empire. They were invented around the time of the earliest days of Human spaceflight on the legendary planet of Earth, wherever that is.

The usefulness of combat vests keeps them around and they to used by military forces such as the Star Army of Yamatai.

This combat vest has padded shoulders with adjustable webbed suspenders and mesh panels. On the front panels are four built-in ammunition pouches and two smaller pouches for grenades. On the bottom of the vest are fabric loops with snaps for attachment to a belt. The pouches are typically printed with a camouflage pattern such as RIKUPAT.

As a result of their long history, combat vests can be found in use by any faction or organization that engages in armed conflict.

The Star Army of Yamatai has a stock of combat vests the the Central Fleet Depot. For an armored vest see Type 40 Plate Bearing Vest.

Wes created this article on 2020/04/04 16:52.

Artwork by Wes, using edited AI-upscaled lineart from on a Public Domain US Government drawing of the Enhanced Tactical Load-Bearing Vest a.k.a. Vest, Tactical, Load Carrying (LIN V02073).