The CFE treaty involved cuts for Soviet Union/Russia as well, but made allowances because Russia has Asian defence needs.
http://www.osce.org/library/14087
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...rces_in_Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapted..._Europe_Treaty
(Look at the ratifications list!)
In the end, the CFE treaties were quite unimportant because the treaty parties have voluntarily cut deeper than required.
I remember that 98 mm mortars were developed in Poland and other countries to circumvent the limitation on ordnance of 100 mm calibre and greater - they were never produced in quantity because the ordnance limits proved to be irrelevant.
The Russians have furthermore begun to scrap their hordes of obsolete MBTs long ago. Their inventory of T-55s and T-62s is melting - literally.
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