I am very surprised they (Moscow) could not find less expensive, more easily repaired T34 tanks across Russia, rather than getting them back from tropical heat, humidity, and rust and neglect.
Yeah, communist Laotian preventive maintenance is among the world’s best.
In 1972 we were shown recognition pix of the T-34/85 which was depicted in Quan Doi Nhan Dan in mass formation but all we ever saw & knocked out were T-54’s and T-55’s.