Blast Shield (equipment)

The Blast Shield is an equipment item in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It is worn on the face and provides damage reduction against explosives as well as immunity to Stun Grenades. Also, headshots to a player wearing the Blast Shield will cause significantly less damage. The mini-map is lost when donning the blast shield, and the edges of a player's screen is blacked out, though the player can take off the blast shield if needed. It is not to be confused with the Riot Shield, which goes in the Primary Weapon slot instead of the equipment slot. It was most likely put in the game as a replacement for the Flak Jacket Perk from CoD: World at War. This equipment piece is useful for objective game modes such as Headquarters or Domination when you are constantly being bombarded with grenades.