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The standard UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform.

The UNSC Army BDU is the standard battle dress uniform of the UNSC Army.^[1]

Description[edit]

Armor[edit]

Troopers sport fatigues with varying camouflage patterns depending on the operation; the most widely used is a light woodland scheme, though desert pattern fatigues are also common. The armor plating used by the Army is generally colored dust brown, gray, or olive drab. The main components of the armor include an armored vest, a CH252 combat helmet, shoulder pauldrons, thigh armor, and in some cases, shin guards. Most of the armor components are standardized and are shared by the different branches of the UNSCDF, primarily the Marine Corps and the Air Force.

The chest armor has an extension to provide protection to the groin. The thighs are protected by plates of UA/NxRA non-explosive reactive armor with attachment rigs for equipment. The shoulder pauldrons are secured into rigs covering the upper arms and attached to the armor vest. Different types of pauldrons may be worn with the armor, the most common ones being a GUNGNIR shoulder pad and a larger pauldron of a different model; some troopers wear a different pauldron on each shoulder, while others wear two of the same type. Radio operators wear no pauldron on the left shoulder.

Equipment[edit]

On the waist is a utility belt used for storing equipment. Troopers commonly wear different types of backpacks, including radios and combat webbing. Troopers often wear various helmet attachments, including tactical goggles, heads-up display eyepieces, flashlights, HU/RS modules Command Network Modules, and O/I optics devices. Troopers typically wear a Tactical/LRP chest piece with three ammo pouches. Some troopers are also equipped with a tactical "soft case" attached to the left thigh plate.

Gallery[edit]

Concept art of the base Army BDU with minimal armor.
Concept art of an Army trooper (left) and a military policeman (right).
Concepts for several variants of the Army BDU.
More early designs of Army troopers.
Many variations of the Army BDU
Trooper taking cover
A render of a UNSC trooper.
A Radio Operator during the Siege of New Alexandria. Note the sniper goggles and shin guards.
An Army Medic taking cover.
Two Army troopers in New Alexandria. Tactical soft cases can be seen on their legs.
Holly Tanaka in her Army BDU in 2556.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

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+[[File:Halo Reach - UNSC Army Infantryman (Standing).png|thumb|200px|The standard UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform.]]
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+The '''UNSC Army BDU''' is the standard battle dress uniform of the [[UNSC Army]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach'''</ref>
-The '''UNSC Army BDU''' is the standard battle dress uniform for the [[UNSC Army]].
 ==Description==
-Troopers sport olive-drab fatigues, with brown-gray armor plating. The main components of the armor include an armored vest, a helmet and large shoulder pauldrons. The chest armor also has an extension to provide protection to the groin. The shins are not armored like in the [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Marine BDU]], with only dust-gray combat boots and black kneepads on the lower leg. The thighs have attachment rigs for equipment much like in the other versions. On the waist is a utility belt used for storing equipment.
+===Armor===
+Troopers sport [[fatigues]] with varying [[camouflage]] patterns depending on the operation; the most widely used is a light woodland scheme, though desert pattern fatigues are also common. The armor plating used by the Army is generally colored dust brown, gray, or olive drab. The main components of the armor include an armored vest, a [[CH252 helmet|CH252 combat helmet]], shoulder pauldrons, thigh armor, and in some cases, shin guards. Most of the armor components are standardized and are shared by the different branches of the UNSCDF, primarily the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] and the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]].
-Some UNSC Army Troopers wear balaclavas, and also feature helmet attachments such as tactical goggles, monocle eyepieces, flashlights and [[HESA-E|sensors]] and sniper goggles identical to those used with the [[ODST Ballistic Battle Armor#Sharpshooter|"sharpshooter" ODST armor variant]]. Troopers also wear many different types of backpack, including radios and [[Wikipedia:Personal Load Carrying Equipment|webbing]].
+The chest armor has an extension to provide protection to the groin. The thighs are protected by plates of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/UA|UA/NxRA]] non-explosive reactive armor with attachment rigs for equipment. The shoulder pauldrons are secured into rigs covering the upper arms and attached to the armor vest. Different types of pauldrons may be worn with the armor, the most common ones being a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V (G)|GUNGNIR]] shoulder pad and a larger pauldron of a different model; some troopers wear a different pauldron on each shoulder, while others wear two of the same type. Radio operators wear no pauldron on the left shoulder.
-The uniform consists of usually 1 [[GUNGNIR]] shoulder, 1 larger shoulder, similar to the GUNGNIR one and a [[Mark V(MP) MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Military Police]] helmet, without a visor. Some troopers also have either a flashlight or a [[External Command Network Module|CNM]] on the sides of the helmet. Troopers wear a Tactical/LRP chest, with 3 ammo pouches and a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/UA variant|UA/NxRA]] utility on their right thighs.
+===Equipment===
+On the waist is a utility belt used for storing equipment. Troopers commonly wear different types of backpacks, including radios and [[Wikipedia:Personal Load Carrying Equipment|combat webbing]]. Troopers often wear various helmet attachments, including tactical goggles, [[heads-up display]] [[UNSC tactical eyepiece|eyepieces]], flashlights, [[Hardened uplink/remote sensor package|HU/RS modules]] [[Command Network Module]]s, and [[O/I optics device]]s. Troopers typically wear a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Tactical|Tactical/LRP chest piece]] with three ammo pouches. Some troopers are also equipped with a tactical "soft case" attached to the left thigh plate.
-==Trivia==
-*The two types of shoulder pauldrons of the BDU are identical to either the shoulders of the [[GUNGNIR]] variant ([[Halo: Reach Beta|formerly]] EOD) of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V Armor]], or the Security II variant, as worn by [[Emile]] on his right shoulder.
-*The helmet also has an identical shape to that of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/MP variant|Military Police helmet]] variant of the MJOLNIR Mark V Armor.
-*Several color variations of the armor also exist, from dust-brown, to grey, to the traditional olive-green of the UNSC.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-File:ReachConcept SoldierVariant.png|Concept art of an Army trooper (left) and a [[military police]]man (right).
+File:HR_UNSCArmyUniformBase_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the base Army BDU with minimal armor.
-File:Halo Reach - UNSC Army Infantryman (Crouching).png|A render of a UNSC Trooper
+File:HR_UNSCArmy_Concept_1.png|Concept art of an Army trooper (left) and a [[military police]]man (right).
-File:Armytrooper.jpg|
+File:HR_UNSCArmy_Concept_2.png|Concepts for several variants of the Army BDU.
+File:HR_UNSCArmy_Concept_3.png|More early designs of Army troopers.
+File:UNSC Army variations.png|Many variations of the Army BDU
+File:Armytrooper.jpg|Trooper taking cover
+File:Halo Reach - UNSC Army Infantryman (Crouching).png|A render of a UNSC trooper.
+File:Reach Radioman.jpg|A Radio Operator during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]]. Note the sniper goggles and shin guards.
+File:Reach Medic Taking Cover.jpg|An Army Medic taking cover.
+File:Reach Exodus 2.jpg|Two Army troopers in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]]. Tactical soft cases can be seen on their legs.
+File:HE17-ArmyBDU.png|[[Holly Tanaka]] in her Army BDU in [[2556]].
 </gallery>
-==See Also==
+==List of appearances==
-*[[Army Dress Uniform]]
+*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
+*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
+*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
 ==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-[[Category:Armor]]
+{{United Nations Space Command}}
+{{Armor|Human}}
+[[Category:UNSC armor]]
 [[Category:UNSC uniforms]]