Saka Bodyguard Cavalry - Need some advice

[heroic21]

Actually, you can only use two different weapons; This is a hard-coded limitation and the other things you see on the unit, whether they be swords, bows, maces or axes, depending on which unit, are just embellishment. For instance we see the Parthian cataphracts with quiver-bowcases (Gorytoi) but they do not use bows. We make up for the discrepancies, by showing our intentions when decorating our units.

Ok, but this still doesn't explain, why the AI was able to employ the axes of their Saka Bodyguard Cavalry and why Arkatreides Unit cards feature stats for the Axe.

Are those stats on the unit cards mere hypthetical stats?
( ...that might be put to work in future versions of EB if the hardcoding restrictions allow it?)


Sorry for beeing so insinstent on the topic, but I'm really interested in that issue. =)