Flak Jacket

The flak jacket (tactical vest) is usually worn by Chūnin and Jōnin over their normal clothes in most villages, although the design varies among the villages. For instance, the Leaf shinobi wear a green jacket, whereas the Sand shinobi wear a beige jacket and the Star shinobi wear a blue jacket. Although they are called jackets, they look more like a vest. The jackets are among the most iconic pieces of shinobi equipment, along with also being a ninja soldier icon as well. Most of them have pockets, which can be used to store scrolls and allows a ninja to access them with only one hand.

Each village has a different versions of this. Konoha ones have three scroll pouches on each side of their chest for scrolls, medicine, and ninja tools. For protection they include a neck guard and extra padding over the shoulders. They also come with pockets, though older ones and the ones in other villages have none. Suna have more versitile jackets that may or may not include shoulder padding, shoulder guards, neck guards, and scroll pouches over their stomaches, or none of these. Iwa has a large pouch over their stomach and lower back only. Kiri versions come with and without a neckguard, and seem to have a bit more padding over the shoulders than Konoha. Kumo has a rather utilitarian version with its only distinctive feature being that it has only one strap to hold it in place.

Colors

 * Konohagakure - Green
 * Sunagakure - Beige
 * Hoshigakure - Blue
 * Iwagakure - Brown
 * Kirigakure - Slate Grey
 * Otogakure - Dark Grey
 * Takigakure - Sky Blue
 * Kumogakure - White