diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Session.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Session.cs
index a661477e0e..bcaceb2576 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Session.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Session.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		public readonly string[] Chrome = { };
 		public readonly string[] Assemblies = { };
 		public readonly string[] ChromeLayout = { };
+		public readonly string[] Weapons = { };
 
 		public Manifest(string[] mods)
 		{
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 			Chrome = YamlList(yaml, "Chrome");
 			Assemblies = YamlList(yaml, "Assemblies");
 			ChromeLayout = YamlList(yaml, "ChromeLayout");
+			Weapons = YamlList(yaml, "Weapons");
 		}
 
 		static string[] YamlList(Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> ys, string key) { return ys[key].Nodes.Keys.ToArray(); }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/NewWeaponInfo.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/NewWeaponInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0314f1732f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/NewWeaponInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007,2009,2010 Chris Forbes, Robert Pepperell, Matthew Bowra-Dean, Paul Chote, Alli Witheford.
+ * This file is part of OpenRA.
+ * 
+ *  OpenRA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ *  OpenRA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with OpenRA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+using OpenRA.Effects;
+
+namespace OpenRA.GameRules
+{
+	public interface IProjectileInfo
+	{
+		IEffect Create();	// todo: args for this
+	}
+
+	public class NewWeaponInfo
+	{
+		public readonly float Range = 0;
+		public readonly string Report = null;
+		public readonly int ROF = 1;
+
+		public IProjectileInfo Projectile;
+		public List<WarheadInfo> Warheads = new List<WarheadInfo>();
+
+		public NewWeaponInfo(string name, MiniYaml content)
+		{
+			foreach (var kv in content.Nodes)
+			{
+				var key = kv.Key.Split('@')[0];
+				switch (key)
+				{
+					case "Range": FieldLoader.LoadField(this, "Range", content.Nodes["Range"].Value); break;
+					case "ROF": FieldLoader.LoadField(this, "ROF", content.Nodes["ROF"].Value); break;
+					case "Report": FieldLoader.LoadField(this, "Report", content.Nodes["Report"].Value); break;
+
+					case "Warhead":
+						{
+							var warhead = new WarheadInfo();
+							FieldLoader.Load(warhead, kv.Value);
+							Warheads.Add(warhead);
+						} break;
+
+					// in this case, it's an implementation of IProjectileInfo
+					default:
+						{
+							// todo: create the right implementation!
+							// fill it with the args
+							// etc etc
+						} break;
+				}
+			}	
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Rules.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Rules.cs
index 61b16f06d3..cba40800be 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Rules.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Rules.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public static TechTree TechTree;
 
 		public static Dictionary<string, ActorInfo> Info;
+		public static Dictionary<string, NewWeaponInfo> Weapons;
 
 		public static void LoadRules(string map, Manifest m)
 		{
@@ -64,11 +65,15 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				Log.Write(" -- {0}", y);
 
 			var yamlRules = m.Rules.Select(a => MiniYaml.FromFile(a)).Aggregate(MiniYaml.Merge);
-
 			Info = new Dictionary<string, ActorInfo>();
 			foreach( var kv in yamlRules )
 				Info.Add(kv.Key.ToLowerInvariant(), new ActorInfo(kv.Key.ToLowerInvariant(), kv.Value, yamlRules));
 
+			var weaponsYaml = m.Weapons.Select(a => MiniYaml.FromFile(a)).Aggregate(MiniYaml.Merge);
+			Weapons = new Dictionary<string, NewWeaponInfo>();
+			foreach (var kv in weaponsYaml)
+				Weapons.Add(kv.Key.ToLowerInvariant(), new NewWeaponInfo(kv.Key.ToLowerInvariant(), kv.Value));
+
 			TechTree = new TechTree();
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
index ef101666ba..3a82865e83 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public readonly int InfDeath = 0;
 		public readonly string ImpactSound = null;
 		public readonly string WaterImpactSound = null;
+		public readonly int Damage = 0;		// for new weapons infrastructure
 
 		public float EffectivenessAgainst(ArmorType at) { return Verses[ (int)at ]; }
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 32629474f2..26f1317686 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Chat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Chrome.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="GameRules\NewWeaponInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\AI\ReturnOnIdle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\Shroud.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\Delegates\ConnectionDialogsDelegate.cs" />
diff --git a/mods/ra/mod.yaml b/mods/ra/mod.yaml
index 12b5f926b4..f7fdd2ea67 100644
--- a/mods/ra/mod.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/mod.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ LegacyRules:
 Rules:
 	mods/ra/defaults.yaml:	Basic stuff
 	mods/ra/rules.yaml:	OpenRA actorinfos
-	mods/ra/weapons.yaml: Weapon definitions
 
 Sequences:
 	mods/ra/sequences.xml:	Original animation sequences
@@ -39,3 +38,6 @@ Assemblies:
 
 ChromeLayout:
 	mods/ra/menus.yaml:
+
+Weapons:
+	mods/ra/weapons.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/ra/weapons.yaml b/mods/ra/weapons.yaml
index 3a207fe462..478f5a5027 100644
--- a/mods/ra/weapons.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/weapons.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ZSU-23:
 		Speed: 100
 	Warhead:
 		Spread: 3
-		Versus: 30%,75%,75%,100%,50%
+		Verses: 30%,75%,75%,100%,50%
 		Explosion: 4
 		Damage: 25