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The greatest changes in warfare aren't the weapons itself, but the tactics used and the experience of commanders, officers and individual soldiers.
For example, take WW1 with it's trenchwars. Long horrible battle that often lasted months while exchanging trenches. 23 years later, Nazi Germany starts the second world war which is such a HUGE success for the Nazis because of this new way of war, the blitzkrieg. Nazi forces either ran over defenders as they stood ground or commited atrocities to otherwise force them in a quick surrender. Not to mention the experience Nazi commanders had aqquired during WW1. Why do you think Erwin Rommel managed to put up such a succesful defense at Northern Africa, while his supply lines were stretched and reinforcements couldn't be expected at all? Great strategist, too bad he was on the wrong side of the front lines...
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