Here are the unit data file descriptions:
11.2.3 Unit Data Files
There are four data files in the subdirectory Data\Unit Data that contain all the information on the units. They are:
Standard Units AIR.CSV - air units
Standard Units LND.CSV - land units
Standard Units NAV.CSV - naval units
Standard Units SPC.CSV - special units
Standard Units LDR.CSV - leader units (not used in MWIF product 1)
Also in this subdirectory are the unit write-ups: MWIF Air.txt, MWIF Land.txt, and MWIF Naval.txt. The unit ID numbers cross reference the unit data file entries with the unit write-ups and the unit bitmaps.
11.2.3.1 Air unit data
All the unit data has the same 6 data fields to start:
Unit ID #
Unit type code (see section 11.2.3.5)
Country ID # (see section 11.2.2.5)
Unit name (may be blank)
Abbreviated name (may be blank)
Year built
Air units have the additional 26 data fields:
Not built at start flag: -1 => placed in force pool when country enters the war, 0 => placed on the map
Air-to-air factor/strength
Air-to-sea factor/strength
Air-to-sea code: 0 => normal, 1 => pink, 2 => red (for ASW units only)
Tactical factor/strength
Strategic factor/strength
Range
Air transport code: 0 => no ATR ability, 1 => no paradrop ability, 2 => normal ATR, 3 => large ATR with no paradrop ability, 4 => large ATR with paradrop ability
Attack capability flag: -1 => air unit can only defend, 0 => air unit can both attack and defend
Intercept capability flag: -1 => can not be intercepted (e.g., A-bomb, V-2 and V-3), 0 => can be intercepted
Extended capability flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Twin engine flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Night capability flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Tank buster flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Flying boat flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Flying bomb code: 0 => not a flying bomb, 1 => black-skulled air unit, 2 => white-skulled air unit
Ohka capability flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Land movement points (only for V-2 units)
Current carrier air unit class
Class change count
Class year 2
Year 2 carrier air unit class
Class year 3
Year 3 carrier air unit class
Cost to build
Lend leased aircraft source country ID
11.2.3.2 Land unit data
See section 11.2.3.1 for the first 6 data fields. Land units have the additional 11 data fields:
Division sized unit flag: 1 => division, 0 => corps/army
Combat factor/strength
Movement points
Reorganization capability (HQ units only)
Elite unit flag: 1 => yes, 0 => no
Heavy unit flag: 1 => yes, 0 => no
Anti-tank code: 0 => not an anti-tank unit, 1 => pink (defense only), 2 => red (both attack and defense)
Reserve land unit code: 0 => not a reserve unit, 1 => basic reserve, 2 => city reserve, 3 => war reserve, 4 => city based volunteer, 5 => guards banner army, 6 => divisions
City column and row: used by reserve units assigned to specific cities, city based volunteers, and warlords.
Reserve units activation country ID #: see section 11.2.2.5.
11.2.3.3 Naval unit data
See section 11.2.3.1 for the first 6 data fields. Naval units have the additional 24 data fields:
Not built at start flag: -1 => placed in force pool when country enters the war, 0 => placed on the map
Attack factor/strength
Attack code: 0 => normal, 1 => pink, 2 => red (ASW units only)
Defensive factor/rating
Movement points
Movement range
Anti-air factor/strength
Bombardment factor/strength
Air capacity (carriers only)
Air class (same as air capacity)
Submarine code: 0 => normal, 1 => Milchcow, 2 =>supply, 3 => schnorkel, 4 => Walther, 5 => flying sub
Convoy points: always zero
Naval supply unit value: how much the unit increases the capacity of a minor port when active
Supply active flag: always zero
Time to build
In 1st cycle of build flag: 1 => starts 1939 scenarios in first cycle, 0 => reverse of being equal to 1
Cost to build for 2nd cycle
Override default build time flag: -1 => yes (e.g., Essex class carriers), 0 => no
Replacement exists flag: -1 => yes, 0 => no
Unit damaged flag: -1 => starts 1939 scenarios damaged, 0 => reverse of being equal to -1
Unit sunk flag: -1 => ship has a sunk date, 0 => historically the ship was not sunk during the war
Day sunk
Month sunk
Year sunk
11.2.3.4 Special unit data
See section 11.2.3.1 for the first 6 data fields. Special units have 3 additional data fields:
Cost to build (synthetic oil units only),
Column and row for synthetic oil plants that can be placed in only one hex.
11.2.3.5 Unit type codes
Land units: codes 0 to 38
0 Infantry,
1-5 Cavalry, Paratroop, Air Landing, Air Cav, Marine,
6-10 Mountain, Ski, Engineer, Motorized Engineer, Marine Engineer,
11-15 Infantry HQ, Armor HQ, Partisan HQ, Militia, Partisan,
16-20 Warlord, City Based Volunteer (not used), Territorial, Garrison, Motorized,
21-25 Mechanized, Armor, Armored Marine, Armored Paratroop, Artillery,
26-30 Motorized Artillery, Rocket, Railway Gun, Self-propelled, Tank Destroyer,
31-35 Anti-tank, Motorized Anti-tank, Light Anti-Air, Motorized Light Anti-air, Heavy Anti-air,
36-38 Motorized Heavy Anti-air, Supply, Leader.
Naval units: codes 39 to 53
39-40 Carrier, Light Carrier,
41-45 Battleship, Cruiser, Light Cruiser, Auxiliary Cruiser, ASW Escort,
46-50 ASW Carrier, Amphibious, Naval Transport, Naval Supply, Liner,
51-53 Convoy, Submarine, Frogmen,
Air units: codes 54 to 60
54-55 Fighter, Carrier Air,
56-60 Naval Air, Land Air, Air Transport, V-Weapon, A-Bomb,
Special units: codes 61 to 71
61-65 Synthetic Oil, Pilot, Factory, Fort, Available1(not used),
66-70 Available2 (not used), Offensive, Oil Repair, Oil Resources, Build Points,
71 None (placeholder)
