In WWI, you find some tanks armed only with MGs (the "females"), a mobile pillbox/machine gun next.
This idea/concept carried forward into early (39/40/41) with a number of countries fielding a number of models of tanks armed only with MGs.
The idea/concept of an MBT is an outgrowth from WWII. No more, infantry & cruiser tanks, no more light, medium & heavy tanks.
Today, recon vehicles and IFVs serve in the WWII light tank role, recon, screening etc. medium & heavy are merged into the MBT. The function of infantry support or cruiser now comes from organization not some much from the individual tank itself.
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