I have the Czech Army mobilization-only units still using OT-810s (post-war SdKfz-251s with a diesel engine). Stats are on page 28 of the Czech Army Vehicle Guide at http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeedox4/s...icle_guide.pdf
Many lower-readiness Pact units use T-34s and various WW-II era artillery (D-1, M-30, ZiS-3, A-19, etc). Historically, many Pact units in the 1980s used these systems, so their continued use in even lower readiness units 10 years later wouldn't be too unlikely.
And in 1989 the Red Army ran a battalion or more of T-34s through Red Square as part of their Victory Day celebrations.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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