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.

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.