Wagner is recruiting straight from the prisons and using human waves of meat even per Russian sources. That’s a high rate of death and probably promotion. And you don’t need a lot of real skills when your whole strategy is to rush the enemy position under the cover of artillery and hoping you don’t die.
o rush the enemy position under the cover of artillery and hoping you don’t die.
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Often Wagner cover fire falls on their advancing troops (usually squads of 8), not the UA. Wagner convict troops are expected to find weakness and the die - a little friendly artillery fire helps the process along.