(Answered) Armored Components, physical weapons, and Primitive units

[Red Pins]

...Can Primitives use armored components?

Can they use physical weapons, like an ax?

[Xotl]

This is a bit of a fuzzy area, but all standard weapons and equipment exist in both Primitive and Inner Sphere techbases.
Only the base construction (engine, structure, cockpit, armour) differ between the two.

However, please bear in mind that a new draft of these rules are due in IO, and that will take precedence over anything written previously.

[Red Pins]

Thanks.