Unit Resistance: what is it / what impact does it have on combat

[kctogether]

So some units have a numeric value (other than 0) in the ‘Resistance’ slot of the unit make-up (‘Resist’ in the Data folder in the game). For example: in 'The Rise of the Reich' mod - all armor, all but one of the artillery and all but one of the mobile infantry have a value between 3 and 30. In the 'Germany New Dawn of Steel' mod, for the infantry, only the Garrison unit has a value: 12 - all others are set to 0.

I am unable to find what this actually is / how it affects combat; there does not seem to be any mention of it in the game manual.

Anyone have any insight into this trait?

Thank you

[WindowsErrors]

in my personal experience it seems to be

the event that an ENEMY unit wins their combat roll, and the unit is targeted - if they successfully RESIST, then it does not count as them being killed
this is not like having multiple health points e.g. a battleship being able to take 5 hits before being killed; if a combat is resisted then it does not count against them at all

this is generally why it's a good idea to mix tanks and mech/motorized, so the infantry act as a sort of "meat shield" and you don't risk the chance of your tanks getting hit