[von Poop]

I like that thought about the longevity of weapons systems kev, worth bearing in mind when looking at the obsolescence of a given device. Though the sheer scale & 'total war' nature of WW2 created a hothouse atmosphere in terms of technological progress there were still often roles to be found for weapons that were superceded in their primary role. Just thinking of red Army soldiers sniping with PTRS/Ds.
Don't often see the Boys in late war pictures though, I suppose as the Soviets never seem to have developed the man-portable rocket weapons like the panzerfaust & Bazooka they'd be less likely to put the next best thing aside.