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A1 — Ships and land units

Surface-ship classes, and the mobile land units (convoy, armored, AD mobile) the game keeps in the same annex -- see Platform type. RES id 5; 196-byte record; 28 fields.

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FieldNameMeansLimits
DiskId Id 16-bit game id, unique across the database (high nibble = annex). 65535 = none. u16 0–65535Checked: Ids that collide (advisory)
Displacement Displacement Displacement, tons. i32 −2147483648–2147483647
MntId Mounts Mount ids (Z1/Z2); 65535 = empty slot. u16 0–65535array of 3265535 = noneChecked: Points at the wrong annex (blocks export)Checked: Points at a record that isn't there (advisory)
SensId Sensors Sensor ids (J1/M1/G2); 65535 = empty slot. u16 0–65535array of 1665535 = noneChecked: Points at the wrong annex (blocks export)Checked: Points at a record that isn't there (advisory)
OrigDp Damage points Original damage points. u16 0–65535
TextIndex Description Index into the text pool (see top-level `texts`). u16 0–65535Checked: Description that is not there (advisory)
PictureIndex Picture Picture index into the .rsr graphics. u16 0–65535
Length Length Length, meters. u16 0–65535
MagStart Magazines Byte offset of this platform's first magazine record. u16 0–65535Checked: Magazine blocks out of order (advisory)Checked: Magazine pool nearly full (advisory)
MagCount Magazine count Number of magazine records. u16 0–65535Checked: Magazine blocks out of order (advisory)
UnitFlags Capabilities Capability bit-field (per-annex; A2 subs are 16-bit). u8 0–255Platform codes — ship
MaxSpeed Max speed Max speed, knots (weapons: weapon speed). u8 0–255
DetectSize Detection size Detection size factor. u8 0–255Detect size
SearchHeight Sensor height Sensor/mast height (altitude band). u8 0–255Alt band
DeprecatedCountry Country (legacy) Legacy 8-bit country index, superseded by Country. u8 0–255
VicType Victory type Broad victory-type index. u8 0–255
Subtype Type Type-label index (ships/subs → ShipType, planes → ACType, loadouts → LoadoutString). u8 0–255
ShipForm Hull form Hull / deck form type. u8 0–255Ship form
Propulsion Propulsion Propulsion type (ASCII code for ships/subs; numeric for planes). i8 −128–127
Armor Armor Armor rating per ship sector, in order: Engineering, Bridge, Deck, Hangar, Cargo, Sensors (ASCII codes; 0 = none). i8 −128–127array of 6
Runway Runway Largest runway available / required. i8 −128–127
PlaneCapacity Aircraft capacity Air-asset capacity (halved). u8 0–255
Type Platform type Legacy ASCII type code (e.g. 83='S' ship, 67='C' carrier). i8 −128–127Platform types — ship
ClassName Class name Class / display name. 48 bytes
RCS Radar cross-section Radar cross-section code. u8 0–255
BaseSourceLevel Acoustic source level Acoustic base source level. i8 −128–127
Country Country Country index into BS_STRINGS.CountryName. u32 0–4294967295
Spares Spares Reserved padding (zeroed on disk). 10 bytes