I've been thinking the same but with regards to drones as the modern equivalent of the machine gun. Both drones and machine guns were used extensively in colonial wars where their victims had extremely limited access to those same weapons. Tactics and strategies evolved around this, as well as a false sense of superiority due to their battlefield advantages. Now peers are facing off against each other, both with access to drones, and we're seeing how that turns tanks and armoured vehicles into coffins