The manual controls for regulating the suit's internal systems were located on the breastplate. What was included was a power cell monitor, the controls for the heater of the suit, and an external temperature monitor. Close to the center was the location of the controls for the entirely self sufficient life support systems. The chest plate was constructed of a plastoid composite armor, acting as reinforced blast armor, and also possessing adjustable attachment straps.

The breather hood served two viable purposes: allowing for the snowtrooper to recirculate air for warmth and preventing ice from forming in the helmet's atmospheric filter. The helmet featured built-in snow goggles that were polarized, and also featured a breather hood. Each trooper had terrain-grip ice boots, in addition to a standard issue utility belt that contained high-tension wire, grappling hooks, ration packs, additional blaster ammunition, ion flares, as well as a survival kit containing a portable heater, a collapsible shelter, spare power packs, a homing beacon, a comm unit, and additional ion flares. For breathing in dangerous or cold weather, a breather hood not only enveloped the faceplate, but fed into the suit liner as well. The eighteen-piece outer shell also had an airtight fabric oversuit for more protection from the cold. The armor was equipped with more powerful heating and personal environment units.

Although well adapted to the intense cold found on planets such as Hoth, Toola and Rhen Var, the leg armor was less heavily-armored, and thus weaker than standard armor this was done so a snowtrooper could walk faster in the cold environment.

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