M78 Armor Mach-V

A nickname for the M78 Armor Mach-V would be just plain, old ODST Armor.

The suit has been modified with various upgrades, which made the old ODST Armor look like trash. A few of the various upgrades are mentioned in this article.

Helmet
The original ODST helmet was like that of a standard SPARTAN, with a health gauge that measured whether your body was fit enough to continue fighting.

However, the new helmet, named the SVLR45, has a shield gauge, that measures the amount of shield you have left after taking amounts of damage. Like its predecessor, the SVLR45 also displays the amount of ammunition you have left in your weapon.

Suit
Because most SPARTANS have been upgraded to use ODSC suits and technology, the current ODSTs now use mini-scale versions of SPARTAN armor. The shield generators have been removed from the SPARTAN armor and equipped onto the M78s



Currently ODSTs enjoy the shield that the old SPARTAN-II and III squadrons enjoyed. Unfortunately, the addition to their suits have made them somewhat lazy, as seen in this quote:

"C'mon, sir! We have shields! We don't have to worry about damage too much!"

The soldier was expelled from the deployment.

Armor abilities
Recently there was an addition to the suits: a sprint ability. It enabled troopers to run at supernatural speeds without wasting any energy. The ability could only be used 5 times, and one sprint period was about 10 seconds.

Before that the armor lock and double damage ability was inserted into the suit. The armor lock ability rendered the suit's user temporarily invulnerable for 10 seconds, while the double damage ability ensured double damage was dealt with the user's weapons for a 10 second period. Each, like the sprint ability, could only be used 5 times.