Shoot and scoot tactics were first adopted by NATO in the early 1960s by its nuclear artillery units using towed 8-inch howitzers and truck-mounted MGR-1 Honest John rockets.
Similar tactics were adopted by M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) platoons when it entered service, although in this case the launchers usually went first to a reload site after firing.
A refined version are gun manoeuvre areas developed by UK for use by AS-90 batteries when the counter-battery threat is high.
In these areas, the battery's command elements remain in one place and there are various options for replenishing the guns' on-board ammunition.
[citation needed] Trained by the German Bundeswehr, the Ukrainians have been using this tactic during the Russo-Ukrainian War, employing S-200 surface-to-air missile systems against Russian Beriev A-50 surveillance aircraft.