Ballistic Vests

Ballistic Vests is a 5 point Strike Package reward which appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Ballistic vests are contained in a duffel bag on the ground from which teammates can take one, increasing their overall health by 30 points. When acquired, the player's screen will be tinted yellow, similar to the effects of Painkiller in Modern Warfare 2. If enough damage is taken, the ballistic vest will be destroyed, reverting the player back to 100 maximum health, so caution should be taken even with the vest.

Trivia

 * When acquiring the Ballistic Vests, the sound file when acquiring a Sentry Gun from Modern Warfare 2 can be heard. This may be a placeholder though.
 * Vests will disappear after several minutes, regardless of if they were used or not.
 * The owner who threw down the vests gets 50 experience points per vest taken.
 * The duffel bag can be destroyed by the enemy.
 * When the duffel bag is destroyed by enemies, it will burst into flames and soon disappear after a second.
 * You can easily destroy your own bag of Ballistic Vests by knifing them.
 * If you take a vest and get damaged enough to where you lose it, you can't pick up another vest in that same life.
 * It is unknown or not if there is a limit of how many vests can be taken before they disappear.
 * A player wearing a vest can withstand usually about 2 to 4 bullets before it wears out, enough to kill a player.
 * When wearing a Ballistic Vest, the outer rim of the screen will be tinted yellow and lighten as it comes towards the center of the screen.