Scanners are lightly armored and can be destroyed easily by gunfire, impacting against walls or being hit by objects. Scanners are powered by a single Combine battery, which can occasionally be salvaged from a destroyed unit and reused for the HEV Suit. The scanner also has a spotlight mounted on its top, which is used for illumination and can move independently from its source. The flash emitted when taking an image can temporarily blind a person, even when not looking directly at the flash. Scanners are equipped with a searchlight and a camera used to take photographic images. City Scanner using its searchlight on the Trainstation Plaza.
