The Peace Walker Official Art Works book contains sketches that indicate Big Boss may have worn an actual helmet himself, when equipping the bullet-proof helmeted variant of the Battle Dress. Another method to is to achieve an S-rank in Extra Ops 22-27, and 38-44.Ī female MSF soldier wearing the Battle Dress (with helmet). It has a higher chance of success when completing a mission involving the capture of an enemy base. The Battle Dress appears in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and is obtained after by completing the Main Op "Peace Walker Battle." The Battle Dress (with helmet) can be obtained by completing an Outer Op of an S+ to S++ difficulty. The former featured a clear face mask on the face, bulletproof ceramic shroud across the body, and armor for the hooves and lower legs, which also was further upgraded to include a black bodysuit and a reinforced face mask and eventually a tan ceramic shroud for the neck. Kill Count and ZRS's battle dress had a faint similarity to MSF's Battle Dress.Īnother variant ended up developed for various buddies, specifically D-Horse and DD. The hard-line PF Kill Count frequently wore body armor in most cases, some of which were of a similar model to those worn by African PF special forces troops such as Zero Risk Security. The Diamond Dogs' Battle Dress during this time was a variant of the standard Sneaking Suit that was both inserted and fitted with various ceramic plates to act as heavy combat gear, greatly increasing protection for the wearer. In 1984, special forces troops in Africa utilized a variation of the Battle Dress and the Diamond Dogs R&D Team was able to create a variation of the Battle Dress for use.
When infiltrating the United States Missile Base near Lake Nicaragua, Big Boss was later forced to adopt the use of the Battle Dress at Kazuhira Miller's suggestion to get past the swarm of soldiers at the base that were between him and the base's command tower, which had been far more than even Amanda and her Sandinistas believed to be the case. Big Boss himself utilized an armored version of his bandana in place of the bulletproof helmet. A variation provided a sturdy bullet-proof helmet complete with a riot-gear style yellow visor, increasing protection, that was procured by the MSF during missions outside of Costa Rica from capturing an enemy facility. However, these benefits came at the cost of the user's speed due to the increased weight.
In 1974, the Militaires Sans Frontières procured a Battle Dress during the Peace Walker Incident, following their commander, Big Boss's first battle with the Peace Walker unmanned weapon.Ĭonceptually the opposite of the Sneaking Suit, the Battle Dress was designed specifically for combat, and allowed for increased ammunition and weapons storage, and offered excellent protection. Beware of the arena’s snake and dragon attacks! Includes Kendo Kai and Rattla minifigures, spinner arena, snake attack, dragon attack, weapons rack, 2 spinners, 2 spinner crowns, golden Hypnobrai staff, 8 weapons, 2 character cards and 8 battle cards.Peace Sentinel issued some of its soldiers with reinforced combat suits for armored vehicle escorts. Spin for weapons and glory in the Spinner Battle Arena!īring on the battles like never before in the all-new Spinner Battle Arena! Place your characters on the spinner and arm them with 9 different weapons! Then use the battle cards to spin your way to victory.