Flak Jacket

Flak Jacket
Debut
Manga	Volume #1, Naruto Chapter #1
Anime	Naruto Episode #1
Novel	Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness‎
Movie	Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Game	Naruto: Clash of Ninja
OVA	Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover!
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie

A flak jacket is an item of protective clothing popular among ninja. Flak jackets have several pockets and pouches that can be used to store and quickly access weapons and other supplies. When on missions, they provide at least partial protection from damage by blunt-force trauma, shrapnel, other projectiles, and even blades. Flak jackets started being worn around the time of the First Shinobi World War, replacing the Shinobi Battle Armour common during the Warring States Period. They are worn by ninja of every rank, but mostly chūnin rank or higher.

Styles

Each hidden village has its own design or designs of flak jacket.

Jacket	Group	Description
	Konohagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure	Worn after the Fourth Shinobi World War, these flak jackets are green. They are simple chest-guards with clipped-on shoulder pads with high-collars and a strap across the waist. For Konoha Shinobi, the tradition of wearing the Uzushiogakure symbol retained by relocated the symbol onto an armband that is worn in addition to the flak jacket.
	Konohagakure	Worn for most of the series, these flak jackets are green. They have three scroll pouches on each side of their chest, a neck guard, extra padding over the shoulders (which is fastened on by steel buttons), and a zipper down the middle. The Uzushiogakure symbol is integrated onto the back of the jacket, symbolising the ties between the two villages.
	Konohagakure	Worn by Konoha's Anbu, these flak jackets are steel grey. They come with steel gauntlets and seem to be fashened with a interwoven band near the stomach along with two straps over the shoulders. Swords are mounted on the back just over the right shoulder by a metal holster. Furthermore, they come with two equipment pouches instead of one.
	Konohagakure	Worn in Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower, these flak jackets were dull brown. They came with angular shoulder guards, a throat guard, a neck guard, and one scroll pouch attached to the left shoulder. Though the padding was thinner on the sides, it extended down in the front and back. They also came with knee and elbow padding.
	Konohagakure	Worn during the Second Shinobi World War, these flak jackets were steel grey. They were worn over the usual flak jacket as extra protection, connected by straps over the shoulders and hips. It came with protruding shoulder guards, extensions to protect the lower throat and abdomen, and steel gauntlets. A stand-alone variant without a throat guard or protruding shoulder guards has been seen.
	Konohagakure	Worn during the Second Shinobi World War. It lacked pockets and sometimes neck guards. The lack of scroll pouches was remedied by wearing two additional equipment pouches on the lower back.
	Sunagakure	These flak jackets are beige. They may or may not include shoulder padding, shoulder guards, neck guards, and scroll pouches over their stomachs. They are fastened by a zipper in the front and by metal clasps on the shoulders. A pouch is included in the lower back.
	Sunagakure	Worn by some genin, these flak jackets are brownish-beige. They are fastened by a zipper and lack scroll pouches or shoulder padding. This is compensated by having a thick neck guard that envelops the entire neck and segmented steel arm-guards.
File:Red Iwagakure jacket.png	Iwagakure	These flak jackets are bright brown. They look exactly the same as the design used during the Third Shinobi World War, except with red cloth instead of brown. Also, the pouches and the connecting strap are now brown rather than grey like the previous generation.
	Iwagakure	Worn during the Third Shinobi World War, these flak jackets were dark brown. They had only one sleeve on the left arm. They have a large grey zippered pouch over their stomach and a larger, buttoned one over the lower back of the vest. Both pouches are fastened on by a grey strap over the stomach. None of these flak jackets hold the presence of neck guards though they do retain shoulder padding held in place by buttons and zipper that go down the middle.
	Kirigakure	These flak jackets are slate grey. They are very basic in design and have no pockets. The most notable features of these flak jackets are the extended shoulder guards and lower extensions on either side to protect the lower abdomen. This flak jacket is fastened from the sides by straps.
	Kirigakure	Worn in the anime by Team Ganryū and others, these flak jackets are slate grey. They are very similar to Iwagakure's but sometimes come with neck guards.
	Kirigakure	Worn in the anime in the past. Unlike its counterparts, it came with two scroll pouches on the lower left side, a pocket on the right chest, a built-in pouch on the lower back, a neck guard and is fastened by a covered zipper. However, there is only minimal padding on the sides. The village's symbol is embedded on the back.
	Kirigakure	Worn by Kiri's hunter-nin, these flak jackets are grey. They have the same design as the flak jacket of the Kirigakure's regular forces
	Kirigakure	Worn by Kiri's Anbu, these flak jackets are slate grey. They come with or without a neck-guard but have elongated padding over the shoulders, some bearing their village symbol on each padding. Like the flack jacket used by the Kirigakure's regular forces, it is held together with straps from the sides.
	Kumogakure	These flak jackets are white. They have no scroll pouches and are fastened by only one strap over the left shoulder, which is fastened with a button. The front consists of one diagonal line going down to the left with four small lines on top and one medium size line line going down to the right that is perpendicular the previous line. While the flak jacket only covers half of the torso, this is compensated with the use of shin and arm guards.
File:Old Kumo Flak Jacket.png	Kumogakure	Worn in the anime approximately ten years prior to the start of the series, these flak jackets were dark grey. It had extra shoulder, neck padding, mesh armour around the collarbone, three scroll pouches on the chest, and is fastened by metal clasps on the right side. Some don't have scroll pouches or mesh armour, as is the case with the Kumo spectators.
	Otogakure	These flak jackets are black. They come with shoulder padding (which is fastened on by steel buttons) and a neck guard. They are also fastened by three metal clasps on the left side and have a pouch in the front just over the stomach.
	Amegakure	These flak jackets are slate grey. They cover the shoulders, torso, include a neck guard, and are held in place by a zipper. Some have been seen bearing two swirl designs on the chest. However, they do not come with scroll pouches.
	Takigakure	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are sky blue. They are fastened by a zipper and shoulder straps. However, they lack scroll pouches, neck guards, and reinforced shoulder padding. Some Taki shinobi wear metal shoulder-guards attached to their flak jackets.
	Takigakure	Worn in the anime by the Taki Kunoichi, these flak jackets are light blue. They have two buttoned pockets on the lower stomach, a sword holster on the back, wrist guards, and was worn over a short sleeved shirt with a body suit underneath.
	Takigakure	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are purple. They include a neck guard, buttoned shoulder padding, scroll pouches, and a zipper.
	Takigakure	Worn in the anime during the Second Shinobi World War, these flak jackets were dark purple. It had thick shoulder padding, a neck guard, extensions on both sides to protect the lower abdomen, one large pocket on the right near the stomach, and is fastened by a zipper. However, side protection was reduced to a minimum amount of padding.
File:Kusagakure flak jacket.png	Kusagakure	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are brown. They are equipped with long shoulder guards, thick neck guards, and several scroll pouches around the zipper. They are fastened by metal clasps and straps over the shoulder.
	Hoshigakure	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are blue. They have two scroll pouches near the left hip and are held together by straps on the right side and by the neck-guard, which surround the entire neck.
	Jōmae Village	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are brown. They come with a throat guard that surrounds the entire neck, shin guards, extend slightly downward to protect the lower stomach, and are attached by straps over the collarbone and hips. They also seem to favour using mesh armour to protect the shoulders.
	Moya Triad	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are beige. They had two large pockets on the chest area and two built in pockets at the sides. The shoulder padding is also reinforced and the zipper is covered. In addition, they come with elbow and knee-pads.
	Benisu Island	Worn in the anime, these flak jackets are beige. They have two large pockets on either side of the chest, two in the lower sides, extra shoulder padding, and a built in neck guard. In addition, they also have a concave triangular symbol embedded in the back. They are also fastened by a zipper and can be worn over a piece of cloth (which also has the same symbol) that hangs down to the wearer's knees.
	Prajñā Group	These flak jackets are dark green. They lack any accessories except for three pouches on the lower back that are fastened by a strap over the stomach. They also possess a zipper that runs down the middle, neck guards, and padded shoulder-guards.
	Fūma clan	These flak jackets are dark blue. They possess extended shoulder guards but no neck guards. They also come with black bands on the sides and are fastened by a zipper and over the top with the same black bands with metal clasps. They also come with iron gauntlets and a fūma shuriken holster on the back. There are two grey equipment pouches mounted on the hips.
	Land of the Sky	Worn in Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds, these flak jackets are purple. They have two basic pockets on both sides of the chest, are fastened by a covered zipper, and have a protective flap beneath to protect the groin. They also bear their village symbol integrated onto both of the shoulders which is reinforced with additional padding.
	Land of Demons	Worn by the Land of Demons' border guards in Naruto Shippūden the Movie, these flak jackets are slate grey. They possess thin neck guards, are fastened from the sides by straps, and are pocketless. In addition, they come with black wrist and shin guards.
	Land of the Moon	Worn by loyalists in Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, these flak jackets are black. It appears to be fastened by a covered zipper and strap-on padding over the shoulders which also bear their coat of arms (in the blue badges) integrated onto both of the shoulders. Unlike the vests worn by the Land of the Moon's regular forces, they bear a large emblem that resemble bird-like creature (hawk or phoenix) integrated on the left side of the chest (presumed the military insignia) suggestion that it is reserved for the royal guard or elite forces. The vest also comes with two pockets on right hip while the left hip has a cutlass mounted on it.
No image yet.	Land of the Moon	Worn by the regular forces (who joined Shabadaba's coup) in Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, these flak jackets are dark blue. It appears to be fastened over the shoulders and the sides by internal straps and covers the groin. It also comes with a visored helmet, shin guards, outer thigh guards held by straps, gauntlets, and often a large hand-held shield for additional protection. The shoulders appears to have a blue badge and a sword is mounted in the left hip.
No image yet.	Yumegakure	Worn in Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive, these flak jackets are black and have light grey shoulder pads.

Trivia

• During the Warring States Period, a member of the Hagoromo clan was seen wearing armour that closely resembled a flak jacket.