The command post for the 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar is the mobile control element associated with the Kasta low-altitude air-surveillance package rather than the radar antenna vehicle itself. Open Kasta-2E1 system references describe a separate command-post vehicle in the radar set, while Oryx and WarSpotting document destroyed Russian command posts for 35N6 and 51U6 Kasta-family radars in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
Russian forces fielded Kasta radar command-post vehicles as support elements for low-altitude air-surveillance radars in Ukraine. Oryx lists destroyed command posts for both 51U6 Kasta-2E1 and 35N6 Kasta surveillance radars, and WarSpotting separately records destroyed Russian Kasta command posts in Zaporizhzhia oblast on 01 March 2026 and near Yelyseivka in Berdiansk raion on 04 May 2026.
Role detailsThe command post is documented as a support vehicle for the Kasta radar set, so this record should be read with the parent surveillance-radar entry rather than as a standalone sensor.
| Compatible item | Item type | Compatibility evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Low-altitude surveillance radar | Kasta-2E1 system references describe a truck carrying the antenna and peripheral equipment plus a separate command-post vehicle; Oryx and WarSpotting identify destroyed command posts by their association with 35N6 or 51U6 Kasta-family surveillance radars. Sources: Wikipedia Kasta 2E, Oryx Russian Equipment Losses, WarSpotting Kasta KamAZ Command Post |
This entry covers the command-post vehicle attached to the Kasta radar package, not the antenna vehicle that carries the radar array. Public loss trackers split those vehicles into separate records, which helps distinguish the command-and-control element from the sensor mast or antenna truck.
Mobile command-post element for the Kasta low-altitude surveillance radar set.
WarSpotting identifies at least one 35N6 Kasta command post as a KamAZ 6x6-based vehicle; Oryx also lists command posts for both 35N6 and 51U6 Kasta-family radars.
The gallery uses an open-license image of the parent 35N6 Kasta radar system because no clearly reusable public image of the command-post vehicle was found during this pass.
Open Kasta references associate the 51U6/Kasta-2E1 system with a late-Soviet introduction period and describe the radar set as including a separate command-post vehicle.
Sources: Wikipedia Kasta 2E
WarSpotting recorded a destroyed Russian command post for a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
Sources: WarSpotting Kasta-2E1 Command Post
WarSpotting recorded a destroyed Russian KamAZ 6x6 command post for a 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar near Yelyseivka in Berdiansk raion.
Sources: WarSpotting Kasta KamAZ Command Post
