Wagner Group mercenaries are getting a lot more help from Russia's military than Prigozhin would like you to think

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Bakhmut region in an image from an undated video released on March 3.

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Western countries are speeding up tank deliveries to Ukraine, but tanks aren't what Ukrainian troops need to get around Russian forces

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Ukraine tank near Zaporizhzhia
A Ukrainian tank at a shooting range near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia on March 29.

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How the US Army's Best Ranger competition uses days of grueling challenges to find the military's best 2-man team

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A US Army Ranger completes a rope crawl during the Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning in Georgia in April 2022.

US Army/Spc. Ethan Scofield

The killing of Americans in a Mexican border city highlights a sinister trend that US policies are making worse

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Mexican soldiers on patrol before the transfer of the bodies of two Americans kidnapped in Matamoros on March 9.

REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

18 countries sent sharpshooters to a US military base in Germany to see who has the best sniper team in Europe

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European Best Sniper Competition
Competitors zero their rifles during the 2022 European Best Sniper Competition on August 4.

US Army/Spc Christian Carrillo

The loser of a rare submarine vs. submarine battle was found 80 years after being sunk

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British Royal Navy submarine HMS Torbay
An undated photo of British Royal Navy submarine HMS Torbay.

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Ukrainians are riding tanks captured from an elite Russian unit into battle in Bakhmut, but their new gear may not last long

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The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
Ukrainian troops fire a captured Russian T-80 tank at Russian positions in the Donetsk region on November 22.

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Russia can't match the US military's hardware, but it has other ways to keep it from working properly

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a videoconference with President Joe Biden in December 2021.

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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'

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US soldiers exit an LCVP and head ashore at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

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Japan is ditching its attack helicopters in another sign that one of the most important modern military weapons is losing its luster

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A Japanese AH-64D Apache helicopter firing a Hellfire missile
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force AH-64D fires a Hellfire missile during an exercise in Washington state in December 2021.

US Army/Capt. Kyle Abraham

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