EDU weapon tech and upgrates

Hi to all,

Im curious about this:
Does the weapon tech afect anything besides the upgrate bonus from blacksmiths? Becose I was thinking into this:

Use "blade" atribute for elite units, and "simple" for regular or levy. This way you can chose who will get the upgrate and who will not.

Example:

Blacksmith
simple weapon bonus: none (this line will not exist in the building file)
blade weapon bonus: +1


This way only the best units will get the upgrate, and the levies will get nothing.
I would like to implement the same for armour, but so far there is only one kind of armour so this looks impossible.
:beam:

Only the upgrade is affected by those two values, so your idea is doable. However, some reform units have their own weapon type, and their weapons can't be upgraded.