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The armor vest and helmet, or Security vest, is a protective vest and helmet worn by the Security guards in Black Mesa.

Overview

Barneymodel — Security Guard with Armor vest and Helmet

An armor vest is standard equipment worn by all Security Guards in Black Mesa. The armor vest is capable of absorbing and deflecting low-caliber rounds, it also protects users from explosives and other types weaponry.

The Helmet, like the Security vest, is also standard equipment for all security guards in Black Mesa. The Helmet protects a security guard from damage to the head, but only low-caliber rounds from either a Glock 17, MP5 or shotgun pellets. Their face is uncovered, meaning it is still vulnerable to bullets. The Helmet cannot protect the users damage from high-caliber rounds from a .357 Magnum, Desert Eagle or Crossbow. These bullets penetrate through the Helmet, killing the guard instantly.

The Security Vest, Helmet and Glock 17 or Desert Eagle are important pieces of equipment for all security guards. It necessary to wear the vest in order to pass a secured area.

Unlike the HEV Suit and Powered Combat Vest, the battery cannot be used for increasing the armor points. Instead, picking up a fresh vest is required to increase the armor points. In Half-Life: Blue Shift, picking up the Helmet will gain 40 Armor points while picking up an Armor Vest will gain 60 Armor points.

Behind the scenes

The Security Guard's Helmet in alpha version of Half-Life have MP (Military Police) on it helmet.
The Opposing Force "Otis" security guards were originally to wear helmets, like the "Barney" version. While removed in the main game, it is still present in the multiplayer model.
In the playable Half-Life 2 Beta, a model of Helmet can be found, suggest that Barney Calhoun was to wear this Helmet.

Trivia

The Helmet in GoldSrc version of Half-Life will protect the guard from taking bullets and Crowbar damage. However, in Source version, the helmet won't protect the guard, and a headshot can kill the guard instantly (as provided the guard is not attacking the player when attempting to kill the guard with headshot, otherwise the guard can survive a first shot).
Though the helmet will protect the guard from taking damage from low caliber round. However, if the player use cheats and shoot the guard's helmet for long enough time, it possible to kill the guard. Every 50 bullet of 9mm and 10 shotgun shell shot will cause the guard lose 1 health point.

Gallery

Pre-release

Half-Life

Opposing Force

Half-Life 2 Beta

Retail

List of appearances

Half-Life: Day One (Security Guard only) (Non-canonical appearance)
Half-Life (Security Guard only)
Opposing Force (Security Guard only)
Blue Shift (Usable by player and Security Guard)
Decay (Security Guard only)
Half-Life 2 Beta (Files only) (Non-canonical appearance)

Black Mesa
Science Team	Walter Bennet • Wallace Breen • Barney Calhoun • Bernier (cut) • Caughley (cut) • Cook (cut) • Donaldson (cut) • Gina Cross • Gordon Freeman • Colette Green • Harold • Ivan the Space Biker (cut) • Lundeen (cut) • Richard Keller • Isaac Kleiner • Arne Magnusson • Mark (cut) • Mennet (cut) • Myers (cut) • Rosenberg • Eli Vance • Minor Black Mesa employees • Theodore (cut) • Walker (cut)
Security Force	Barney Calhoun • Otis Laurey • Miller
Other personnel	L.M.
Residents	Alyx Vance • Azian Vance
Technology	Anti-Mass Spectrometer • Armor Vest and Helmet • Battery • Black Mesa Announcement System • Charger • Cleansuit • Delivery cart • Emergency flare (cut) • Fire Extinguisher • HEV Suit • Holographic Assistant • Long Jump Module • Medkit • The Mesa Times • MTM 8 • Oxygen Bottles (cut) • Powerup Bottles (cut) • Retinal scanner • Satellite Delivery Rocket • Security Card (cut) • Teleportation • Weapon Box
Weapons	Barnacle Grapple • Crossbow • Ceiling Turret • Colt Python • Crowbar • Desert Eagle • Displacer Cannon • Glock 17 • Gluon Gun • Laser Tripmine • Mark IV Thermonuclear Device • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • Pipe Wrench • RPG • Satchel Charge • Spore Launcher • SPAS-12 • Tau Cannon
Locations	Advanced Biological Research Lab • Alien Quarantine Labs • Area 8 Topside Dormitories • Biological Waste Processing Plant • Black Mesa Air Control • Black Mesa desert • Black Mesa Medical Lab • Black Mesa Research Facility • Black Mesa Sectors: Sector A Training Facility / Sector B Coolant Reserve / Sector C Test Labs / Sector D Administration / Sector E Biodome Complex / Sector F Lambda Complex / Sector G Hydro Electric • Black Mesa South Access • Black Mesa Transit System • Freight Yard • Gamma Labs • Level 3 Dormitories • Section A-17 Prototype Labs • Topside Motorpool • Waste Processing Area 3
Transportation	Black Mesa SUV • Black Mesa Transit System • Black Mesa truck
Other	Black Mesa Incident • Black Mesa Personnel • Black Mesa Science Team • Black Mesa Security Force • Lambda logo

Technology
Aperture Science	1500 Megawatt Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button • Advanced Knee Replacement • Aerial Faith Plate • Announcement System • ATLAS and P-body • Borealis • Core Input Receptacle • Crusher • Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle • Edgeless Safety Cube • Emergency Intelligence Incinerator • Excursion Funnel • Frankenturret • Futbol (cut) • GLaDOS • Hard Light Bridge • High Energy Pellet • Jerry • Laser Field • Long Fall Boot • Material Emancipation Grill • Military Android • Mobility Gels: Conversion Gel / Propulsion Gel / Repulsion Gel • Multitasking Arm • Nanobot • Panel • Party Escort Bot • Personality Construct • Pipe Network • Pneumatic Diversity Vent • Cube Button • Radio • Reassembly Machine • Relaxation Vault • Robot Enrichment • Robot Worker • Scaling Cube • Security Camera • Shredder • Speaker System • Stasis Chamber • Sticking Gel (cut) • Switch • Teleportation • Thermal Discouragement Beam • Unstationary Scaffold • Victory Lift • Vital Apparatus Vent • Weighted Pivot Cube • Weighted Storage Cube • Wheatley
Black Mesa	Anti-Mass Spectrometer • Battery • Black Mesa Announcement System • Charger • Cleansuit • Delivery cart • Emergency flare (cut) • HEV Suit • Holographic Assistant • Long Jump Module • Medkit • The Mesa Times • MTM 8 • Oxygen Bottles (cut) • Powerup Bottles (cut) • Retinal scanner • Satellite Delivery Rocket • Security Card (cut) • Armor Vest and Helmet • Teleportation • Vehicles • Weapon Box • Weapons
Black Ops	Cloaking device • Weapons
Combine	Battery • Breencast • Charger • Citadel Core • Citadel • Barricade • Binoculars • Binoculars (cut) • Bunker • Camera • Cell • Combine Assassin tank (cut) • Combine Big Momma Pod (cut) • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Watchtower • Weapons • Vorti-Cell (cut)
Resistance	Borealis (cut) • Car battery • Communication • Antlion Detector • Dog • EMP Tool • Fire Extinguisher (cut) • Generator trailer • Drawbridge • Retinal scanner • Supply Crate • Teleportation • Television • Transponder • Vehicles • Weapons • White Forest rocket
Xen	Healing Shower • Thumper
HECU	Powered Combat Vest • Radio • Tactical Map • Welding Torch
Other	Garden Gnome

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 An armor vest is standard equipment worn by all Security Guards in Black Mesa. The armor vest is capable of absorbing and deflecting low-caliber rounds, it also protects users from explosives and other types weaponry.
-The Helmet, like the Security vest, is also standard equipment for all security guards in Black Mesa. The Helmet protects a security guard from damage to the head, but only low-caliber rounds from either a [[Glock 17]], [[MP5]] or [[HECU SPAS-12|shotgun pellets]]. Their face is uncovered, meaning it is still vulnerable to bullets. The Helmet cannot protect the users damage from high-caliber rounds from a [[.357 Magnum]], [[Desert Eagle]] or [[Black Mesa Crossbow|Crossbow]].These bullets penetrate through the Helmet, killing the guard instantly.
+The Helmet, like the Security vest, is also standard equipment for all security guards in Black Mesa. The Helmet protects a security guard from damage to the head, but only low-caliber rounds from either a [[Glock 17]], [[MP5]] or [[HECU SPAS-12|shotgun pellets]]. Their face is uncovered, meaning it is still vulnerable to bullets. The Helmet cannot protect the users damage from high-caliber rounds from a [[.357 Magnum]], [[Desert Eagle]] or [[Black Mesa Crossbow|Crossbow]]. These bullets penetrate through the Helmet, killing the guard instantly.
 The Security Vest, Helmet and [[Glock 17]] or [[Desert Eagle]] are important pieces of equipment for all security guards. It necessary to wear the vest in order to pass a secured area.