diff --git a/Ja2/SaveLoadGame.cpp b/Ja2/SaveLoadGame.cpp
index 503fb74e..05e840b9 100644
--- a/Ja2/SaveLoadGame.cpp
+++ b/Ja2/SaveLoadGame.cpp
@@ -3028,15 +3028,24 @@ BOOLEAN StackedObjectData::Load( INT8** hBuffer, float dMajorMapVersion, UINT8 u
 	{
 		int size;
 
-		if (dMajorMapVersion >= 7 && ubMinorMapVersion >= MINOR_MAP_VERSION)
+		if (dMajorMapVersion >= 8 && ubMinorMapVersion >= MINOR_MAP_VERSION)
+		{
+			// Deal with Increased Team Sizes data
+			LOADDATA(&(this->data), *hBuffer, sizeof(ObjectData) );
+		}
+		else if (dMajorMapVersion >= 7 && ubMinorMapVersion >= MINOR_MAP_VERSION)
 		{
 			// Flugente: changed this, otherwise game would crash when reading WF maps if class ObjectData was different. this is a rough fix and by no means perfect
-			LOADDATA(&(this->data), *hBuffer, sizeof(ObjectData) );
+			ObjectData_PRE_ITS oldData{};
+			LOADDATA(&(oldData), *hBuffer, sizeof(ObjectData_PRE_ITS));
+			this->data = oldData;
 		}
 		else if (dMajorMapVersion >= 7 && ubMinorMapVersion >= MINOR_MAP_REPAIR_SYSTEM)
 		{
 			// sObjectFlag'  size changed			
-			LOADDATA(&(this->data), *hBuffer, sizeof(ObjectData) - sizeof(this->data.sObjectFlag) );
+			ObjectData_PRE_ITS oldData;
+			LOADDATA(&(oldData), *hBuffer, sizeof(ObjectData_PRE_ITS) - sizeof(oldData.sObjectFlag));
+			this->data = oldData;
 		}
 		// When saving maps with the new map editor that has weapon overheated feature included!
 		else if (dMajorMapVersion >= 7 && ubMinorMapVersion >= MINOR_MAP_OVERHEATING)
@@ -3047,14 +3056,18 @@ BOOLEAN StackedObjectData::Load( INT8** hBuffer, float dMajorMapVersion, UINT8 u
 			// But of course, we now 'read' the values for sRepairThreshold, but there weren't any in older map versions, resulting in garbage values - we therefore set that manually to 100
 			// Of course, once the ObjectData-Class is altered, this has to be altered as well!
 			//dnl ch74 241013 We cannot change past so hardcode 32 simply because that was sizeof(ObjectData) before current and all future changes ;-)
-			LOADDATA(&(this->data), *hBuffer, /*sizeof(ObjectData) - (sizeof(this->data.bDirtLevel) + sizeof(this->data.sObjectFlag) )*/32);
+			ObjectData_PRE_ITS oldData{};
+			LOADDATA(&(oldData), *hBuffer, 32);
+			this->data = oldData;
 			this->data.sRepairThreshold = 100;
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// WF Maps have old format
 			// +1 because we have to account for endOfPOD itself
-			LOADDATA(&(this->data), *hBuffer, SIZEOF_OBJECTDATA_POD+1 );
+			ObjectData_PRE_ITS oldData{};
+			LOADDATA(&(oldData), *hBuffer, SIZEOF_OBJECTDATA_POD_PRE_ITS + 1);
+			this->data = oldData;
 		}
 		
 		LOADDATA(&size, *hBuffer, sizeof(int) );
diff --git a/Tactical/Item Types.cpp b/Tactical/Item Types.cpp
index 218cfe91..30302d46 100644
--- a/Tactical/Item Types.cpp	
+++ b/Tactical/Item Types.cpp	
@@ -1179,6 +1179,34 @@ ObjectData& ObjectData::operator =(const ObjectData& src)
 	return *this;
 }
 
+ObjectData& ObjectData::operator =(const ObjectData_PRE_ITS& src)
+{
+	if ((void*)this != (void*)&src)
+	{
+		//copy over the data
+		this->bTrap = src.bTrap;
+		this->fUsed = src.fUsed;
+		this->ubImprintID = src.ubImprintID;
+
+		this->bTemperature = src.bTemperature;
+		this->ubDirection = src.ubDirection;
+		this->ubWireNetworkFlag = src.ubWireNetworkFlag;
+		this->bDefuseFrequency = src.bDefuseFrequency;
+		this->sRepairThreshold = src.sRepairThreshold;
+		this->sObjectFlag = src.sObjectFlag;
+
+		//copy over the union
+		this->misc.bBombStatus = src.misc.bBombStatus;
+		this->misc.bDetonatorType = src.misc.bDetonatorType;
+		this->misc.usBombItem = src.misc.usBombItem;
+		this->misc.bDelay = src.misc.bDelay;
+		this->misc.ubBombOwner = static_cast<UINT16>(src.misc.ubBombOwner);
+		this->misc.bActionValue = src.misc.bActionValue;
+		this->misc.ubTolerance = src.misc.ubTolerance;
+	}
+	return *this;
+}
+
 ObjectData::~ObjectData()
 {
 	DeleteLBE();
diff --git a/Tactical/Item Types.h b/Tactical/Item Types.h
index 34799f74..20b29a5f 100644
--- a/Tactical/Item Types.h	
+++ b/Tactical/Item Types.h	
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ public:
 	UINT8		fUsed;				// flags for whether the item is used or not
 };
 
+
 namespace ObjectDataStructs {
 	struct OBJECT_GUN
 	{
@@ -439,8 +440,57 @@ namespace ObjectDataStructs {
 		INT8	bLBE;				// Marks item as LBENODE
 		int		uniqueID;			// how the LBENODE is accessed
 	};
+
+	// Used to maintain compatibility with major map versions older than 8.0
+	struct OBJECT_BOMBS_AND_OTHER_PRE_ITS
+	{
+		INT16		bBombStatus;
+		INT8			bDetonatorType;
+		UINT16		usBombItem;
+		union
+		{
+			INT8		bDelay;
+			INT8		bFrequency;
+		};
+		UINT8	ubBombOwner; //<-- Data size changed
+		UINT8	bActionValue;
+		union
+		{
+			UINT8 ubTolerance;
+			UINT8 ubLocationID;
+		};
+	};
 };
 
+
+struct ObjectData_PRE_ITS
+{
+	union {
+		INT16												objectStatus;//holds the same value as bStatus[0]
+		UINT16												ubShotsLeft;//holds the same value as ubShotsLeft[0]
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_GUN						gun;
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_MONEY						money;
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_BOMBS_AND_OTHER_PRE_ITS	misc;
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_KEY						key;
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_OWNER						owner;
+		ObjectDataStructs::OBJECT_LBE						lbe;
+	};
+	INT8			bTrap;			// 1-10 exp_lvl to detect
+	UINT8		fUsed;			// flags for whether the item is used or not
+	UINT8		ubImprintID;		// ID of merc that item is imprinted on
+	char			endOfPOD;		// For WF maps
+	FLOAT		bTemperature;	// Flugente FTW 1.2: temperature of gun
+	UINT8		ubDirection;		// direction the bomb faces (for directional explosives)
+	UINT32		ubWireNetworkFlag;	// flags for the tripwire network
+	INT8			bDefuseFrequency;	// frequency for defusing, >=0 values used only
+	INT16		sRepairThreshold;	// repair only possible up to this value
+	FLOAT		bFiller;			// unused for now
+	UINT64		sObjectFlag;		// used to notify of various states that apply to this object, but not the item in general
+};
+// Flugente: needed for reading WF maps
+#define SIZEOF_OBJECTDATA_POD_PRE_ITS	(offsetof(ObjectData_PRE_ITS, endOfPOD))
+
+
 class ObjectData
 {
 public:
@@ -451,6 +501,8 @@ public:
 	ObjectData(const ObjectData&);
 	// Assignment operator
     ObjectData& operator=(const ObjectData&);
+	// Conversion operator
+	ObjectData& operator=(const ObjectData_PRE_ITS&);
 
 
 	void	initialize() {memset(this, 0, sizeof(ObjectData));};
@@ -474,7 +526,7 @@ public:
 	UINT8		fUsed;			// flags for whether the item is used or not
 	UINT8		ubImprintID;	// ID of merc that item is imprinted on
 
-	// Flugente: due do inconsistencies with WF maps, where data from a map is laoded differently, I had to add this marker. 
+	// Flugente: due do inconsistencies with WF maps, where data from a map is loaded differently, I had to add this marker. 
 	// New values, like bTemperature, have to come after this. And please, don't destroy ObjectData's POD-ness.
 	char		endOfPOD;