Early American War Pondering

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Re question (2).

I would like a list of what the Weapon Codes ,A,B,C,D,E,etc correspond to.
L is Lance/Pistol I worked out looking at OOB for Mexican Force in MAW.
I have a vague memory of these weapon codes maybe being listed in one of the manuals I have read ,(maybe for the Talonsoft Battleground Civil War series)?

What do all the other codes stand for?

It can be different in each title -  open up the weapon.dat file in notepad, you'll get a list of each letter and the corresponding weapon.   If you really get into it, you can change around the names in this file (probably better too to remember to back up the stock file before making any changes too),  (and then their effects in a parameter data table).

For example from 1776 it is:

A Congrave Rocket
B Rifle
C Carbine
D Small Arms
E 18 pounder
F 4 pounder
G 8 pounder
H Howitzer
J Heavy Mortar
K Musket w/o Bayo
L Lance
M Musket
N 9 pounder
O 2 pounder
Q Sword
R Rifle w/o Bayo
S 6 pounder
T 3 pounder
U Mortar
V 12 pounder
W Swivel Gun
X 16 pounder
Y 24 pounder
Z 32 pounder


Adding forces that are not in an oob, probably means creating a new OOB if I were to do that I might simply rename an existing OOB file to something distinct (assuming it had some units I wanted to keep), and then add in whatever formation I was looking to add - like for example a cavalry troop or whatever; in my case I do a bit of more off the beaten path stuff like native American war bands, and things like that. . . but that's another story.