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'''Heavy impact plating''' (also known as '''heavy blast armor''') is a type and variation of body [[armor]] system used by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|soldiers]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. It is worn over the wearer's [[Fatigues|camouflage utility uniform]], and is composed of metal segments that bulwark and protect everything vital from the neck to the knees.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref> Impact plating is impervious to light handheld firearms such as [[Unidentified automatic pistol|automatic pistols]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 11''</ref> | |||
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Impact plating | Impact plating is usually not worn for rapid, airborne strikes, but [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Nolan Byrne]] were ordered to wear impact plating on their assault on an [[Insurrectionist]] bomb-shop on the UNSC planet [[Tribute]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 10''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Armor]] | [[Category:Armor]] |