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Take the M1911A1. In almost a hundred years there has been no major change to the design. It is a testament not only to Saint John Moses Browning, who got it right with the first try, but also the fact that it's simple, it works and doesn't need to be complex. Or the revolver; about the only improvements modern revolvers have over their older counterparts are better materials and ammo. In fact with guns as much as possible you want to stay away from complexity in infantry weapons; there's a reason the unsophisticated single-shot bolt action rifle is still in service even today.
More sophisticated isn't always better; I recall a senario once where a high tech networked linked force, EXFOR, went up against the lower tech members of OPFOR at the US Army's National Training Center. The OPFOR guys had less high tech toys at their disposal... and they kicked the asses of EXFOR, so much so that EXFOR was pretty much abandoned as a concept after that.
Or consider the Huey. The only differences between the new USMC UH-1Y Hueys and the old Vietnam Hueys are that the USMC Huey's just have upgraded electronics and engines; everything else is still classic Huey.
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