shoot-and-scoot
thumb|The AN/TPQ-37 radar can detect hostile artillery fire and direct friendly units to fire back, necessitating fire-and-displace tactics for defence. thumb|The AMX 30 AuF1, a [[self-propelled gun in service in the French Army, one possible tool for the shoot-and-scoot tactics.]] right|thumb|The modern PzH 2000 of the [[German Army with shoot-and-scoot ability can fire between 10 and 13 rounds per minute.]] Shoot-and-scoot (alternatively, fire-and-displace or fire-and-move) is an artillery tactic of firing at a target and then immediately moving away from the location from where the shots we
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- Caucasian War
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thumb|The AN/TPQ-37 radar can detect hostile artillery fire and direct friendly units to fire back, necessitating fire-and-displace tactics for defence. thumb|The AMX 30 AuF1, a [[self-propelled gun in service in the French Army, one possible tool for the shoot-and-scoot tactics.]] right|thumb|The modern PzH 2000 of the [[German Army with shoot-and-scoot ability can fire between 10 and 13 rounds per minute.]] Shoot-and-scoot (alternatively, fire-and-displace or fire-and-move) 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 artillery.
== Caucasian War == The first recorded use of this tactic came from the Caucasian War where the Chechen Naib Talkhig of Shali became famous for his shoot-and-scoot tactics, termed nomadic artillery by Russians, in the 1830-1850s. According to the Russian historian and professor Nikolay Smirnov, he was one of the first commanders to use this tactic.