Heavy Combat Helmet (Reaction Forces)

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Heavy Combat Helmet
Faction	CSAT
Armour rating	Level V
Mass	50
Games

The Heavy Combat Helmet is a ballistic-resistant helmet used by CSAT Quick Reaction Force (QRF) units in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the Reaction Forces Creator DLC.

Overview

The Heavy Combat Helmet is worn primarily by CSAT's Quick Reaction Force (QRF) teams. The HCH is rated at Level V protection standards, has a weight of 50 "mass" units, and is available in two variants that either have its ballistic visor lowered or raised.

The HCH offers the same degree of ballistic and blast protection to its wearer's head as the Defender Helmet while also being lighter to wear. Provided that the wearer is at full "health", they can consistently survive being struck at point blank range by an intermediate rifle round (6.5 mm/7.62 mm).

HCHs with lowered visors also have the added benefit of providing facial protection that is comparable to that of the Protector Helmet. The visor can turn what would otherwise be lethal damage from a single 6.5 mm rifle/9 mm pistol bullet to the face into a less-than-lethal one.

In this regard, the HCH is essentially a Special Purpose Helmet in almost every aspect aside from its name and appearance. Though the tradeoff that the HCH has against the SPH is its lack of integrated night/thermal vision, the HCH makes up for it by being approximately ~ 46% "mass" lighter in comparison.

Variants

No Visor

Heavy Combat Helmet (No Visor)
Faction	CSAT
Armour rating	Level V
Mass	45
Games

The No Visor sub-variant features only the shell with no protective visor.

In terms of protection, it remains unchanged from the baseline HCH, save for the obvious lack of facial protection since the ballistic visor isn't present. As a result of not having it installed, however, the No Visor variant is slightly lighter and weighs 5 "mass" units less (45 versus the former's 50).

Hitpoints

Heavy Combat Helmet

Body part	Base armour value	Damage reduction modifier (vs. ballistic)	Damage reduction modifier (vs. explosions)
Face	8	50%	50%
Head	12	50%	50%

Heavy Combat Helmet (Visor Up)/Heavy Combat Helmet (No Visor)

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

Camouflage

• Black
• Black - [Visor Up]
• Black - [No Visor]
• Green Hex
• Green Hex - [Visor Up]
• Green Hex - [No Visor]
• Hex
• Hex - [Visor Up]
• Hex - [No Visor]
• Olive
• Olive - [Visor Up]
• Olive - [No Visor]
• Sand
• Sand - [Visor Up]
• Sand - [No Visor]
• White
• White - [Visor Up]
• White - [No Visor]

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• Black: All-black colour scheme.
• Green Hex: Tropic Hexacam pattern.
• Hex: Arid Hexacam pattern.
• Olive: Olive green colour scheme.
• Sand: Desert tan colour scheme.
• White: Pale white colour scheme.

It should be noted that regardless of whether the visor is installed or not, all Heavy Combat Helmets retain access to the same camouflage options.

Trivia

• The Heavy Combat Helmet in Reaction Forces is based on the Soviet/Russian-made "Altyn" series of helmets.
• After Update 1.0.2's release, textures for the Green Hex and Arid Hex camouflage schemes were changed to be less flat compared to their original appearance at launch.

Gallery

Visorless HCH with a pre-1.0.2 Hex texture.

See also

Wearable helmets in Reaction Forces
Level I	Full Brim Hard Hat
Level II	Heli Pilot Helmet • Shape Breaker (Combat Helmet, Modular Helmet)
Level III	Shape Breaker (Avenger Helmet, Protector Helmet)
Level V	Heavy Combat Helmet
(Parenthesis) denote variants.