Incidentally if anybody’s curious, Soldier: 76′s jacket is a motorcycle racing jacket.   I’d recognize the cut anywhere, and it makes sense for him because those things are made reinforced so they won’t tear if you go sliding across pavement at 75 mph with burning metal on top of you, and they often come with armor built into the back, shoulders and/or elbows.

That’d also explain why it’s in bright colors and has a big honking number across the back.

Those are motorcycle racing gloves too–I’ve got a pair from Joe Rocket that looks really similar.  

I don’t know if this’d help anybody looking to do cosplay or fanart or whatever, but there it is.

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Motorcycle racing jacket from Mizma Leather.

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