the AMX 30 AuF1, the Self-propelled gun in service in the French Army, one possible tool for the shoot-and-scoot tactics

The term shoot and scoot refers to an artillery tactic of firing at a target and then immediately moving away from the location where the shots were fired. The AMX 30 AuF1 is a Self-propelled artillery vehicle using the AMX 30 Tank hull A self-propelled gun (SPG is a gun whether it be an Artillery piece anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun mounted on a motorized wheeled or The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Land Army is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine The reason for this is to avoid counter-battery fire - shots fired at the origin of incoming artillery by the enemy, in order to suppress and/or destroy the battery or batteries. Counter-battery fire is a type of mission assigned to military Artillery forces which are tasked with locating and firing upon enemy artillery Suppressive fire (also known as covering fire) is a term used in Military science for firing Weapons at or in the direction of enemy forces with the

Shoot-and-scoot tactics require fairly mobile artillery. It is difficult with towed guns, as the time required to break down the guns and hook them up to the transport vehicles then drive away is significant and by that time counter-battery fire may already be falling on the position. In this respect, rocket artillery like the multi-national Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Indian Pinaka MBRL or Soviet Katyusha is superior as all the rockets can be fired in a short period and then the launching vehicles can be driven away almost immediately. A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the Pinaka is a Multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the DRDO for the Indian Army. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Katyusha multiple rocket launchers (Катюша are a type of Rocket artillery originally built and fielded by the Soviet Union in the Second World War Self-propelled guns (such as the US M109 Paladin or Soviet 2S1) can also use this tactic but they can only fire a limited number of shots (due to their slower rate of fire) before moving on, and may require some time to retract jacks and such which afford them stability while firing, before they can move. A self-propelled gun (SPG is a gun whether it be an Artillery piece anti-tank gun or anti-aircraft gun mounted on a motorized wheeled or The M109 is an American -made self-propelled 155 mm Howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s The 2S1 Gvozdika (2С1 «Гвоздика» Carnation) is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but

A well organised battery or batteries might survey a number of suitable launch sites when they arrive in a battle-zone and practice their shoot-and-scoot tactics between them. This makes their movements a little more predictable, but allows them to arrive in a suitable launching zone quickly after one attack so that they can be ready for the next as soon as possible. They could even make provisions for shelter and/or camouflage at each location. Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism

The number of shots fired before moving on would be determined by the range they are firing at and the quality of the enemy's counter-battery radar (or other spotting techniques), which determines how quickly the counter-battery fire can be fired against them. A counter-battery radar is a Radar set designed to track the Trajectory of incoming Artillery and mortar projectiles (typically shells

South African Defence Force G6 Howitzers used the technique very effectively in Angola against Cuban forces in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The South African Defence Force (SADF were the South African Armed forces from 1957 until 1994 The G6 self-propelled howitzer is a South African Artillery piece developed around the ordnance of the G5 howitzer. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale was one of the most important episodes of both the civil war in Angola ( 1975 to 2002) and the South African

See also

• Artillery (Counter-battery fire)