Shoot-and-scoot
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Shoot-and-scoot is an artillery tactic of firing at a target and then immediately moving away from the location from where the shots were fired to avoid counter-battery fire, e.g., from enemy artiller
The AN/TPQ-37 radar can detect hostile artillery fire and direct friendly units to fire back, necessitating fire-and-displace tactics for defence.
The AMX 30 AuF1, a self-propelled gun in service in the French Army, one possible tool for the shoot-and-scoot tactics.
The modern PzH 2000 of the German Army with shoot-and-scoot ability can fire between 10 and 13 rounds per minute.
Gari Melchers War Highsmith
Self-propelled artillery
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Self-propelled artillery is artillery equipped with its own propulsion system to move toward its firing position. Within the terminology are the self-propelled gun, self-propelled howitzer, self-prope
Shoot-and-scoot
…Uragan, and Smerch, although originally systems like Grad used more traditional tactics. The tactic has also been adapted for more general use with self-propelled gun batteries (such as the US M109 Paladin or German PzH2000). A refined version are gun manoeuvre areas developed by UK for use by AS-90 batteries when…
British AS-90s firing in Basra, Iraq, 2008
A Panzerhaubitze 2000 of the German Army arriving in Afghanistan
A 2S19M2 Msta-S of the Russian Army
British Gun Carrier Mark I (60 pdr)