The Wagner group described their most successful [[tactic]]s in [[Bakhmut]]: it consists of small groups of men, 8 or so max, operating independently, storming forward to intentionally close in within 50-150 meters of the [[AFU]] positions, so as to prevent the enemy’s rear artillery from firing, for fear that they will hit their own men. They call it, “riding the shoulders of the enemy”. But the key detail is a strict devotion to staying separated in small, isolated fire teams. | The Wagner group described their most successful [[tactic]]s in [[Bakhmut]]: it consists of small groups of men, 8 or so max, operating independently, storming forward to intentionally close in within 50-150 meters of the [[AFU]] positions, so as to prevent the enemy’s rear artillery from firing, for fear that they will hit their own men. They call it, “riding the shoulders of the enemy”. But the key detail is a strict devotion to staying separated in small, isolated fire teams. |