Originally Posted by
GeeRam
And they only bought them 3 year ago as well. The Russians bought back thirty T-34/85 from Laos after Laos retired them back in 2019, solely for the intention of using them in the 9th May parades.
Technically that makes them the newest tanks in their inventory
As a side note the Lao Peoples Army received in exchange "dozens of new T72B1" tanks from Russia. Considering the success of said tank in the ongoing war the LPA performance didn't enhance that much by the deal...