Body Armor

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A body armor pickup in GTA: Vice City.
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The body armor pickup in GTA III showing up as a shield.

Body Armor is a vest the players can wear to get more protection against attacks such as gunshots or a car running them over. Body armors have been in all of the Grand Theft Auto games and can be found in various places around the city. In Grand Theft Auto IV, body armors are more realistic and can no longer protect the player if they happen to fall off a vehicle or get run over. In GTA III and Vice City, if the player falls from a height, the body armor protects their health, this feature was taken out in the later games. In GTA III, the body armor shows up in form of a shield, both on spawn points and the HUD. In GTA Vice City, San Andreas, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, the body armor shows up as a blue bullet-proof vest. In GTA IV, instead, it's a vest laying on the floor. Body armors can also be bought from Ammu-Nation shops. Entering an Enforcer automatically fills the players armor fully. In all the GTA III Era games (except for GTA III and GTA Advance), there are ways to increase the players body armor to 150 by completing the Vigilante side-mission. In GTA Vice City, you can increase your body armor and health to 200 by completing the game 100%.