A variety of different armors were tried out in this age. Those that could stop rifle bullets generally proved to be too heavy for normal infantrymen, although some were used for soldiers at fixed emplacements such as machinegunners. Lighter armor, intended to stop fragments, bayonnets, and incidental damage, fared better and helmets became widely issued. In addition to the armors listed below, just about any Age of Sail armor could be used, at half the price, using the usual rules for increasing armor thickness at the expense of cost and weight.

Description	Protects	Armor Score				Injury Susc.	Blunt	Pad	Mass	Price	Activation
		Mech	Burn	Arc	Rad
Dayfield Body Shield, Light	4-5	+3	+1	c	-7½	+0	+6	–	4	15	7
Dayfield Body Shield, Hvy.	4-8	+3	+1	c	-7½	-1½	+6	–	10	40	7
Lobster Armor	4-6	+5	+3	c	-5½	-3	+7	–	12	45	7(5f,9b)
Brewster Body Shield	1,4-6	+5½	+3½	c	-5	-4	+7	–	18	60	7(4f,10b)
Helmet	1	+1	-½	c	-9	+3	+6	+2¾	1.5	6	6(8f,4b)

• Dayfield Body Shield, Light: A British-made carrier vest with segmented steel plate inserts.
  
• Dayfield Body Shield, Hvy.: The light Dayfield Body Shield with armored skirt pieces.
  
• Lobster Armor: A German chest-covering breastplate with segmented plates to cover the abdomen and groin.
  
• Brewster Body Shield: An American shield-shaped full torso breastplate and front-facing head and neck protection plate with an eye cutout. Although effective at stopping bullets, it was never actually issued.
  
• Helmet: Provides protection against artillery fragments and sidearms.
  

Dayfield body shield	Lobster armor	Brewster body shield

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