
Overwatch Soldiers are armed with MP7s, SPAS-12 Shotguns or AR2 Pulse Rifles, as well as MK3A2 grenades. These helmets have glowing blue goggles and appear to be a cross between an old Soviet PMG and PBF gas mask. Perhaps the most advanced piece of equipment found on Overwatch Soldiers are their helmets, which cover the head entirely and are equipped with air filters and radios. Several insignias can be found on their arm pads, signifying their position in the Combine regime. Standard Overwatch Soldiers, like other soldier variants, wear standard-issue blue and grey camo body armor over their mid-sections with padding on their arms, thighs, and groin.

In addition to physical augmentations, soldiers also seem to undergo mental reprogamming to condition them into obedient and efficient soldiers as seen by their extensive familiarity with combat tactics, combine military codes, and robotic way of communication. There are surgical scars running along the chest and on the head, suggesting extensive surgery in those areas, as well as mechanical implementations on the throat and the side of the abdomen.

This procedure is carried out at Nova Prospekt and the Citadel, where a soldier can be seen without their armor.

Overwatch Soldiers are humans that have undergone extensive cybernetic modifications including brain and chest surgery, and implantation of various mechanical devices in the their whole bodies to the point of being enhanced cyborgs. Graffiti demonstrating an Overwatch Soldier fully modified.
