Support Equipment

AShT-4310 topographic command and staff vehicle

Also known as
  • AShT-4310
  • AShTTs-4310
  • AШT-4310
  • АШТ-4310
  • АШТЦ-4310
  • Avtomobil AShTTs-4310

The AShT-4310 is a Russian topographic command and staff vehicle used to store, check, analyze, and evaluate terrain information for military mapping and staff work. A surviving Russian product listing describes the closely rendered AShTTs-4310 configuration as a shelter-body system on a KamAZ-43114 chassis with automated workstations, map storage, life-support equipment, and external or generator power, while Russian topographic-service reporting describes ASh vehicles on KamAZ chassis as field systems for carrying and issuing map and geodetic-coordinate materials.

AShT-4310 topographic command and staff vehicle, Topographic command and staff vehicle, Support Equipment
Image source: AShTTs-4310 Product Listing

Role in Conflicts

Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
Russia
Type
Topographic command and staff vehicle
Service note
Late Soviet and Russian service lineage; documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War
Designer
106 Experimental Optical-Mechanical Plant
Produced
Not publicly established in cited sources

Specifications

Role
Topographic information storage, checking, analysis, and terrain-evaluation support
Vehicle base
K-4310D van body on KamAZ-43114 chassis
Workstations
Automated workstations ARM1 and ARM2
Map and document storage
Racks for topographic maps plus cabinets for accessories and equipment
Field staff support
ASh topographic vehicles on KamAZ chassis are reported as field systems for carrying, storing, and issuing topographic maps and geodetic-coordinate catalogs in paper and electronic form
Installed equipment
SMP-2 light-table workspace, OPM-2 optical monocular pantograph, and SI-2 measuring stereoscope
Power
AD6 generator set or external 380/220 V, 50 Hz three-phase supply with isolated neutral connection
Life support
Supply/exhaust ventilation, air conditioning, OV-65G heating, lighting, blackout lighting, and filter-ventilation equipment
Protected shelter features
Listing describes crew and equipment protection against radioactive, chemical, and bacteriological hazards through filter-ventilation equipment
Topographic Support Layout

The AShTTs-4310 listing describes a shelter-body vehicle for analog terrain media, such as maps, imagery, and photoplans, plus digital terrain information carried on CD media. The vehicle body carries automated workstations, map racks, storage cabinets, working tables, a light-table workspace, and optical viewing or stereoscopic measuring equipment.

Vehicle base

K-4310D van body on a KamAZ-43114 truck chassis.

Staff-map role

Russian reporting on ASh topographic vehicles on KamAZ chassis describes field carriage, storage, and issue of topographic maps and geodetic-coordinate catalogs in paper and electronic form.

Power supply

AD6 generator set or an external 380/220 V, 50 Hz three-phase supply with isolated neutral connection.

Work area

ARM1 and ARM2 automated workstations, tables, map racks, equipment cabinets, an SMP-2 light-table station, OPM-2 optical monocular pantograph, and SI-2 measuring stereoscope.

Crew environment

Ventilation, air conditioning, OV-65G heating, general and local lighting, blackout lighting, and filter-ventilation protection are listed for the shelter.

Variants

Public sources use both AShT-4310 and AShTTs-4310 spellings for the same topographic vehicle family; the catalog keeps the Oryx/WarSpotting conflict-use spelling as the primary title and records the Russian product-listing spelling as an alias.

VariantConfigurationDesignation notes
AShTTs-4310Topographic information vehicle spelling in Russian product listings

The product listing describes AShTTs-4310 as a vehicle for analog and digital terrain-information work, mounted in a K-4310D van body on a KamAZ-43114 chassis.

Sources: AShTTs-4310 Product Listing

Timeline

AShT-4310 topographic command and staff vehicle Key Events

  1. AShTTs-4310 listing created

    Bizorg's service information records the AShTTs-4310 product listing as created on 30 August 2013 and last modified on 15 November 2013.

    Sources: AShTTs-4310 Product Listing

  2. ASh topographic vehicles on KamAZ reported

    TsAMTO reported through VPK.name that Russia's Western Military District topographic service received ASh staff-topographic vehicles on KamAZ chassis for carrying, storing, and issuing topographic maps and geodetic-coordinate catalogs in field conditions.

    Sources: TsAMTO ASh KamAZ Delivery

  3. Destroyed Russian AShT-4310 documented

    Oryx lists a Russian AShT-4310 topographic command and staff vehicle among documented command-and-communications losses from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Sources: Oryx Russian Equipment Losses

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Sources

AShTTs-4310 Product ListingPublisher: Bizorg | Note: Supports AShTTs-4310 identity, manufacturer attribution, mission, vehicle base, interior equipment, power supply details, life-support and filter-ventilation equipment, image provenance, and listing dates. | Accessed: 2026-07-02106 Experimental Optical-Mechanical Plant ProfilePublisher: Bizorg | Note: Supports manufacturer background, Moscow location, Russian ownership context, and the plant's topogeodetic and precision-equipment focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-02NPK SPP 106 EOMZ ProfilePublisher: NPK SPP | Note: Official manufacturer-group profile supporting AO 106 EOMZ as a full-cycle enterprise for development, production preparation, and serial manufacture of topogeodetic, medical, printing, and optical-mechanical products. | Accessed: 2026-07-02TsAMTO ASh KamAZ DeliveryPublisher: VPK.name / TsAMTO | Note: Supports broader Russian ASh staff-topographic vehicle context on KamAZ chassis, including field carriage, storage, and issue of topographic maps and geodetic-coordinate catalogs; it does not independently identify the AShT-4310 loss. | Accessed: 2026-07-02Oryx Russian Equipment LossesPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports 2014 Russia-Ukraine War direct conflict use by listing one Russian AShT-4310 topographic command and staff vehicle as destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-07-02WarSpotting Russia Loss SearchPublisher: WarSpotting | Note: Corroborates the AShT-4310 spelling in WarSpotting's Russian Russo-Ukrainian War loss-search context; Oryx is retained as the direct conflict-use source for the compact usage row. | Accessed: 2026-07-02