Defender Helmet

NOTE: This article is about the Defender Helmet worn by CSAT forces in ArmA 3. For the mission of the same name in ArmA: CWA's Cold War Crisis campaign, see Defender.

Defender Helmet
Faction	CSAT
Armour rating	Level V
Mass	60
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The Defender Helmet is a ballistic-resistant helmet worn by CSAT forces in ArmA 3.

Overview

An improved version of the regular Protector, the Defender provides increased defence against small arms fire and explosives. It has a weight of 60 "mass" units and is primarily issued to squad/team leaders as well as some recon and heavy assault units.

Rated at Level V standards, the Defender will allow its wearer to survive one point blank hit from an intermediate rifle round (6.5 mm/7.62 mm) or potentially up to two at distances beyond 300 metres.

Although the Defender still lacks facial protection, it has a higher base armour value when compared to NATO's Enhanced Combat Helmet. Since it only weighs 10 more "mass" units than the latter (roughly ~ 18% more weight), the Defender is vastly superior to its American-made counterpart in every way.

Hitpoints

Body part	Base armour value	Damage reduction modifier (vs. ballistic)	Damage reduction modifier (vs. explosions)
Head	12	50%	50%

Camouflage

• Green Hex
• Hex
• Urban

1/3

• Green Hex: Tropic Hexacam pattern. Used on Pacific CSAT Defenders.
• Hex: Arid Hexacam pattern. Used on Mediterranean CSAT Defenders.
• Urban: Urban Hexacam pattern. Exclusively used by Mediterranean CSAT Guards units only.

Trivia

• The Defender simply reuses a modified version of the regular Protector Helmet's model but has its eyepieces lowered. In spite of this, it somehow retains a higher armour value for unexplained reasons.
• At ArmA 3's full launch (1.00), the Defender originally shared the same weight values with the Protector. After Game Update 1.10, this was changed so that the Defender retained its current weight of 60 "mass" whilst the Protector would become lighter and weigh only 40 "mass" units.
• Prior to the release of the Apex expansion pack, neither of the two existing Defender variants (Arid/Urban) had their own inventory icons and simply reused their respective Protector counterparts.

The information below details unused, pre-release or removed content.

• In the pre-Alpha builds of ArmA 3, official promotional media and gameplay demos depicted the Defender having at least one additional variant that was camouflaged in Semi-Arid Hex as opposed to just Brown and Black (as in the final release).
  • This texture no longer exists within the game's files, however, and was seemingly deprecated entirely by the time of the Alpha's launch.

Gallery

Pre-Alpha promotional screenshot with Semi-Arid Defenders.

Pre-Alpha promotional render.

See also

• Protector Helmet
• Assassin Helmet