Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
Sure, tanks of WW2 were technically very different, but when used correctly, they did things known to work in WW1. The Conceptual use stayed very coherent.
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.