[lch]

Yes, I'd expect that it's a remnant from Dom1/Dom2, too, and has been replaced with the range functionality of weapons. The item type seems to only serve as an indicator of what slots an item takes up right now.

The strange thing is that it's still inside and documented in the modding manual, though probably non-functional, and since Dom1 and Dom2 stuff was before my time on this forum, maybe some veteran might know something about this change.