Thanks, drone,
That tip leads to the solution of the mystery.
I just imported crusaders_unit_prod11.txt as a tab delimited file into a spreadsheet (in OpenOffice) and there are all the details in glorious black and white. It turns out that in vanilla MTW (without VI) both the units I asked about are only available in the LATE period.
It's weird that the gunpowder event unlocks the buildings but not the units. At least I'll be right there when Santa comes down the chimney.
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