During combat, soldiers make use of squad tactics and will attempt to flank its enemies and cover each other.Ĭombine Soldiers are initially encountered in the coastal wasteland outside City 17, patrolling the highways for Resistance activity and staffing Combine outposts. Using these standard-issue weapons, Combine Soldiers typically work in squads of four to six, each squad having at least one soldier armed with a shotgun and another armed with an AR2 Pulse Rifle. These helmets have glowing goggles, and appear to be a cross between an old Soviet PMG and PBF gas mask.Ĭombine Soldiers are equipped with Submachine Guns, shotguns or AR2 Pulse Rifles, as well as grenades.

Perhaps the most advanced piece of equipment found on Combine Soldiers are their helmets, which cover the head entirely and are equipped with air filters. Several insignia can be found worn on their arm pads, signifying their position in the Combine regime. Standard Combine Soldiers, like other soldier variants, wear standard-issue blue and grey camo body armor over their torsos with padding on their arms, thighs, and groin. The very picture used in the texture is featured in Raising the Bar the texture file is named 'eric_tex_cylmap_evil2' in the Half-Life 2 leak files. Its face texture is based on a picture of Valve's Eric Kirchmer, who was also one of the bases for Gordon Freeman's face.