CS-3a body armor (Call of Pripyat)
Call of Pripyat
Impact	65%
Wound Heal	60%
Explosion	30%
Firearms	30%
Burn	40%
Chemical	20%
Electric	40%
Radiation	15%
Psy	0%
Artifact containers	1
Weight	11 kg.
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The CS-3a Battle Armour is a protective suit available only in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat as a special, unique armor.

Overview Edit

The CS-3a consists of a tactical vest (with medium grade military kevlar) with carrying pouches, carried over a sky blue/white camouflage shirt and dark pants with metal kneepads and hiking boots. Heavier, kevlar-padded panels are added to the arms and legs to increase the protective performance.

AppearancesEdit

Call of PripyatEdit

The suit can only be obtained from Nimble when asking for a body armor at a hefty price of 40000 RU (but it does come with a tactical helmet). Novikov, the Ecologist's technician and a former Clear Sky member, recognizes it immediately as his own handiwork, and simply wearing it in his presence will give you a slight discount.

The CS-3a suit is a balanced suit, sitting somewhere between the PSZ-9d Duty Armor and Guardian of Freedom suit both in protection and upgrades. Uniquely for a suit with no integrated helmet, it has a psy-resistance upgrade.

UpgradesEdit

The CS-3a has four upgrade paths. It combines traditional(anomaly and damage) with "utility"(health, stamina and bleeding regeneration) upgrades. The artifact count can be increased to 4(2 without the Calibration Kit) and the weight can be cut almost by half, but it has no carry weight upgrade and the bulletproof protection cannot be increased without a Callibration Kit.

Interestingly, the unique Tier 3 Psy Protection upgrade is four times as effective as similiar upgrade on the SEVA or Curtain helmet, making it very easy to max out the protection bar in the player's inventory. It might be an oversight, as the value is the same as the one on the Respirator.

TriviaEdit

• The suit, despite being designated as '3' like the CS-3a, uses a slightly modified version with out the helmet of the CS-1 world model and a CS-2 body armour model for the upgrade window. No helmet is visible on the player, but the Steel helmet is the same one featured on the CS-1 body armour, however the Steel helmet lacks the respirator.
• It is odd that Novikov describes this suit (among other things) as light since it weighs 11 kg and only the Exoskeleton, Bulat suit, and quite rare PSZ-9d Duty Armor are heavier than CS-3a.