Armor in IVAN is anything that can be used to protect yourself from anything sufficiently sharp/poisonous/hot/etc. to cause lethal damage to your person.
[[Image:AV_Example.gif|An example of the AV rating showing a body armor with an AV rating of thirteen.]]
AV stands for '''A'''rmor '''V'''alue, which is a number that quickly tells you just how well a particular piece of armor will protect you. Higher values obviously mean better armor
There are only a few ways that AV is increased or decreased: