Ballistic Cloth Surcoat
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
A Ballistic Cloth Surcoat is a type of Imperial armour frequently used by the Adeptus Arbites.[1]
Many senior Arbitrators wear formal surcoats over their carapace armour in the discharge of their duties. The origin of this practice is unknown, but is apocryphally said to have begun on Terra, where the corrosive acid rain of that most holy of hive worlds tends to strip the paint off unprotected armour. The advanced weave of these garments adds somewhat to the protective quality of the carapace armour beneath.[1]
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement, pg. 65
