Probably an old and dumb question but I just don’t know. Does the Soviet body armor actually protect or is it just aesthetics?
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yup like -10%
wanna play soviets?
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People just don’t take advantage of this mechanic enough. Being able to tank an extra shot from smg’s and most semi automatics is a considerable cwc advantage.
Giving the Soviets and “ONLY” the Soviets body armor is one of many stupid things Gaijin has done for Enlisted. However, giving only the Soviets body armor is one of Gaijin’s most blatant faction bias. There is literally zero reason to only allow one faction to have it.
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and then you go to ask to remove it and people go apeshit
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Devs gave soviets exclusive access to body armor because they were largely using it in war. You can see it on sturm engineers as often as PPSH in their hands. That’s why japanese troops have exclusive access to mass-produced Shin-Gunto, because only japs used sabers so often, among other nations
Well, if Enlisted is going to “LIMIT” items that “EVERY” faction had to the faction that used it the most, then Soviets should have the body armor…Japanese should have their Shin-Gunto…and if this is Gaijin’s Philosophy then the US should have exclusive access to Shotguns, since the US by far used Shotguns more then any other faction. 
Of course, then where does it stop? This might be the way Gaijin looks at it, but it’s stupid, and since people have been complaining about the Soviet body armor for as long as I can remember, removing it or giving the other factions the same option should not be a knee jerk reaction at this point. I mean, how many years do people have to complain before it is not a knee jerk reaction to correct? 
Personally, I really don’t care either way, however people are going to keep complaining till Gaijin grows a pair and either removes the body armor all together, adds body armor options to all factions or keeps the body armor exclusive to the Soviets but remove the 10% reduction, so it would be for appearance only.
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