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CBA
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Combat Body Armour
Combat Body Armour has recently been issued in most situations where there is a danger of a soldier coming under fire, and is worn over the normal Combat 95 clothing. A vast improvement in protection over not being issued Body Armour, but does tend to make everything a much greater effort. This is amplified with an increase in temperature.
One popular suggestion for CBA has been to place a brightly coloured 'bullseye' target over the rather small ceramic plate, in order to encourage snipers to go for this, rather than aiming at the considerably larger parts of the body armour which won't actually protect you from a high-velocity round.
