Cardboard Box

The Cardboard Box is one of the trademark features of the Metal Gear Solid Series. It is used to help hide Snake or Raiden from the enemy, and can get damaged by enemy fire. Also using it in the rain can cause it to deteriorate faster.

Most of the boxes that you find have a destination on the side of them. Climbing into the back of a truck and then equiping one of these boxes will cause a guard to turn up and drive the truck to that destination.

The Box can also be used in online play in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, though it is almost useless since the player's name will appear over the box, causing that player to be spotted by his/her enemies.

It is unknown whether the box will make an appearance in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.