User:EliteMaster117/M38H SEAL Body Armor

The M38 Heavy Sea, Air, and Land Body Armor was a variant of armor designed and created in 2521. The armor was designed by Palerma-Shigeki Industries, a private military company, who also manufactured the Mark VI(A) PAA to SPARTAN-IIs.

History
Created by Palerma-Shigeki Industries, a Japanese and Italian Company, the M38H was originally manufactured for anyone who could pay, as it was a privatized military company, but five years after its creation, the UNSC discovered the armor, and hired the company for approximately 100 million credits. They started mass-producing the armor, and it was tested against plasma, bullets, and explosions. The armor survived the tests, and had vacuum protection for fifteen minutes. The armor entered use for ODSTs in 2530, after being tested on a few select squads in 2528.

Though the armor entered use before the Harvest Campaign, the Pillar of Autumn had not received the M38H by the time they arrived at Installation 04, it found it's way into many battles, such as the Battle of Harvest, the Battle of Reach, and played a crucial role during the Defense of Cairo Station, and also in the Battle for Installation 05, the armor was put out of service when the UNSC had their own ODST armor produced. The other type of ODST armor was prototyped by an ODST squad when they were deployed to take a Tier 1 asset, and the M38H was last seen in late 2552, on the Battle of Installation 05.