AFG,
Collins Class
Leopard
Black hawk
LPA and subsequent upgrade.
Nomad (OK, I'll give you that one).
If you cast your mind back 20 years, pretty much the same things happened with Black Hawk, and lots of people said the same things you are saying now. BR 71 is still saying them.
HPT, don't forget Melchett also said "Crevice is a positively disgusting word". He was indeed a prophet.