Flak Vest (Global Mobilization)

Flak Vest
Faction	West Germany
Armour rating	Level I
Mass	80
Storage capacity	Variable; see Overview section for details
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The Flak Vest is a flak jacket used by West German military forces in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany Creator DLC.

Overview

Distributed in the early 1990s, the Flak Vest is the latest standard-issue vest of the Bundeswehr. Depending on their role within the squad, the Flak Vest can be customised with a load bearing rig to meet the specific needs of the wearer:

• The baseline unmodified Flak Vest with no external pouches
• A Rifleman variant with a satchel in the back, multiple pouches for 5.56 mm rifle magazines, and a strapped bag on its left
• A Machinegunner variant with two large satchels for storing 7.62 mm belts, several pouches and a container slung onto the back
• A Medic variant with a strapped bag with medical supplies, a satchel in the back, multiple pouches and another bag on its left
• A Demolition variant with two bags on either side, a satchel in the rear, and multiple pouches for carrying plastic explosives
• A Leader variant with a bag on its left side, a satchel in the rear and multiple pouches along with a strapped squad leader radio
• A Crew variant with a bag on the left side of the vest and magazine pouch on the front-right
• An Officer variant with only the belt rig and a holster to store a flare gun

Variant	Weight ("mass")	Storage capacity ("mass")
Flak Vest	80	30
Flak Vest, Rifleman	80	160
Flak Vest, Machinegunner	80	200
Flak Vest, Medic	80	160
Flak Vest, Demolition	80	160
Flak Vest, Leader	80	160
Flak Vest, Crew	80	80
Flak Vest, Officer	80	80

The Flak Vest is exclusively designed to minimise damage to the wearer from indirect blasts due to having a damage reduction modifier of 90% against explosive damage. The Flak Vest covers the wearer's chest, diaphragm and abdomen. The user's neck is also covered by a neck protector (its explosive damage reduction modifier remains unchanged).

It should be noted that despite being rated at Level I protection standards, the Flak Vest does not provide the wearer with any sort of protection to damage from ballistic projectiles. Regardless of calibre, a single bullet to the chest is usually sufficient to severely injure or outright kill the wearer.

Hitpoints

LEGEND
Green = Abdomen
Orange = Chest
Violet = Diaphragm
Pink = Neck

Body part	Base armour value	Damage reduction modifier (vs. ballistic)	Damage reduction modifier (vs. explosions)
Abdomen	16	10%	90%
Chest	16	10%	90%
Diaphragm	16	10%	90%
Neck	8	10%	90%

Camouflage

• Flak Vest
• Flak Vest, Crew
• Flak Vest, Demolition
• Flak Vest, Leader
• Flak Vest, Machinegunner
• Flak Vest, Medic
• Flak Vest, Officer
• Flak Vest, Rifleman

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Trivia

• The Flak Vest and its derivatives were not added until the release of Update 1.3.
• Like its Danish counterpart, the shoulder pads on all Flak Vest variants are purely cosmetic and do not provide increased safety from explosives.
• Upon its introduction in Update 1.3, Flak Vests were initially rated at Level III protection standards and could allow the wearer to survive a single hit from a non-full powered cartridge.
  • This is no longer the case after Update 1.4's release. The Flak Vest was changed so that it has no ballistic-resistant attributes and is purely configured as an explosive-resistant vest.
• After Update 1.5, slight changes were made to the Flak Vest's proportions and model weighting so that there is less visible clipping when it is worn alongside the Field Dress.

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Config/script references

CfgWeapons Scripts