Support Equipment

Command post for 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar

Also known as
  • 35N6 Kasta command post
  • Kasta command post
  • Command post for 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar
  • 51U6 Kasta-2E1 command post
  • Kasta-2E1 command post
  • Command post based on KamAZ 6x6 for 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar
  • Command post vehicle for Kasta radar
  • 51У6 Kasta-2E1 command post
  • Kasta-2-1 command post

The command post for the 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar is the mobile control and operator element associated with the Kasta low-altitude air-surveillance package rather than the radar antenna vehicle itself. Radartutorial describes the 51U6/Kasta-2E1 operator shelter as a cabled element that can be positioned away from the antenna, Janes reported a two-vehicle KamAZ-43114 Kasta-2E1 system observed in non-government-controlled Ukraine in 2021, and Oryx plus WarSpotting document destroyed Russian command posts for 35N6 and 51U6 Kasta-family radars during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Command post for 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar, Mobile radar command-post vehicle, Support Equipment
Image source: Wikimedia Commons 35N6 Kasta Image

Role in Conflicts

2014 Russia-Ukraine War
Air DefenseReconnaissance & Surveillance
Side
Russia

Russian forces fielded Kasta radar command-post vehicles as support elements for low-altitude air-surveillance radars in Ukraine. Oryx lists destroyed Russian command posts for both 51U6 Kasta-2E1 and 35N6 Kasta surveillance radars; WarSpotting records 51U6 command-post losses at Chornukhyne on 08 October 2024 and in Zaporizhzhia oblast on 01 March 2026, a damaged Ural-4320-based 35N6 command post at Vysokoe on 31 August 2024, and a destroyed KamAZ 6x6 35N6 command post near Yelyseivka on 04 May 2026.

Role details
Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
Soviet Union / Russia
Built by
Almaz-Antey
Type
Mobile radar command-post vehicle
Service note
Late-Soviet and post-Soviet Kasta radar-family support vehicle documented in Russian service and losses during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War
Designer
VNIIRT / Almaz-Antey radar-industrial lineage
Designed
Late Soviet Kasta-2E1 period
Produced
Late Soviet and post-Soviet Kasta radar-family production and modernization period

Specifications

System role
Command-post and operator vehicle for the Kasta low-altitude air-surveillance radar package
Associated radar
35N6 Kasta / 51U6 Kasta-2E1 radar family
Vehicle split
Radartutorial describes the 51U6/Casta 2E1 as a two-KamAZ-truck radar set with a shelter for the operators' workplace connected to the antenna by cable
Stand-off control position
Radartutorial states that the operator shelter can be placed up to 300 m from the antenna
Documented chassis
Janes reported a two-vehicle Kasta-2E1 system on KamAZ-43114 6x6 chassis in Ukraine; WarSpotting identifies a KamAZ 6x6 command-post vehicle for a 35N6 Kasta loss near Yelyseivka
Operational function
Supports radar command, operator control, and data handling for a mobile low-altitude surveillance radar set
Associated radar role
The parent 51U6/35N6 radar is described as a UHF-band two-dimensional low-altitude air-surveillance radar with a 150 km instrumented range
Conflict loss status
Russian Kasta command-post losses are listed by Oryx and WarSpotting; WarSpotting distinguishes damaged and destroyed individual records
Associated Radar System

The command post is documented as a control vehicle within the Kasta radar set, so this record should be read with the parent surveillance-radar entry rather than as a standalone sensor.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
35N6 Kasta surveillance radar, Mobile low-altitude air-surveillance radar, Air Defense35N6 Kasta surveillance radarLow-altitude surveillance radar

Radartutorial describes the 51U6/Kasta-2E1 operator shelter as a cabled element separate from the antenna, Janes reported a two-vehicle KamAZ-43114 Kasta-2E1 system in Ukraine, and Oryx plus WarSpotting identify command-post losses by their association with 35N6 or 51U6 Kasta-family surveillance radars.

Sources: Radartutorial 51U6 Kasta-2E1, Janes OSCE Kasta Identification, Oryx Russian Equipment Losses, WarSpotting Kasta KamAZ Command Post

Component Boundary

This entry covers the command-post or operator 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 control element from the sensor mast or antenna truck.

System role

Mobile command-post and operator element for the Kasta low-altitude surveillance radar set.

Vehicle layout

Radartutorial says the 51U6 operator shelter can be connected by cable and placed up to 300 m from the antenna; Janes reported a two-vehicle KamAZ-43114 Kasta-2E1 system near Buhaivka in 2021.

Loss evidence

WarSpotting identifies 35N6 command posts on Ural-4320 and KamAZ 6x6 chassis, while Oryx lists destroyed command posts for both 35N6 and 51U6 Kasta-family radars.

Media limit

The gallery uses an open-license image of the parent 35N6 Kasta radar system because no clearly reusable public image or direct video of the command-post vehicle was found during this pass.

Timeline

Command post for 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar Key Events

  1. OSCE observes 51U6 Kasta-2E1 near Buhaivka

    Janes reported that an OSCE mini-UAV observed a two-vehicle 51U6 Kasta-2E1 system mounted on KamAZ-43114 6x6 chassis at a training area near Buhaivka, south-west of Luhansk.

    Sources: Janes OSCE Kasta Identification

  2. 35N6 Kasta Ural command post damaged

    WarSpotting recorded a damaged Russian Ural-4320-based command post for a 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar at Vysokoe, with summer 2024 listed as the precise-date caveat.

    Sources: WarSpotting Kasta Ural Command Post

  3. 51U6 Kasta-2E1 command post destroyed at Chornukhyne

    WarSpotting recorded a destroyed Russian command post for a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar at Chornukhyne in Alchevsk raion.

    Sources: WarSpotting Kasta-2E1 Chornukhyne Command Post

  4. 51U6 Kasta-2E1 command post destroyed

    WarSpotting recorded a destroyed Russian command post for a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar in Zaporizhzhia oblast.

    Sources: WarSpotting Kasta-2E1 Command Post

  5. 35N6 Kasta KamAZ command post destroyed

    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

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Sources

Radartutorial 51U6 Kasta-2E1Publisher: Radartutorial.eu | Note: Supports 51U6/Casta 2E1 identity, UHF-band low-altitude air-surveillance role, 150 km instrumented range, two-KamAZ-truck layout, and the cable-connected operator shelter that can be placed away from the antenna. | Accessed: 2026-07-03Janes OSCE Kasta IdentificationPublisher: Janes | Note: Supports 2021 OSCE/Janes reporting that a two-vehicle 51U6 Kasta-2E1 system on KamAZ-43114 6x6 chassis was observed near Buhaivka in non-government-controlled Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-07-03Wikipedia Kasta 2EPublisher: Wikipedia | Note: Starting reference for Kasta-2E1/51U6 designation, Almaz-Antey and VNIIRT background, and additional Kasta-family terminology. | Accessed: 2026-07-03Oryx Russian Equipment LossesPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War loss documentation for Russian command posts for 51U6 Kasta-2E1 and 35N6 Kasta surveillance radars. | Accessed: 2026-07-03WarSpotting Kasta-2E1 Chornukhyne Command PostPublisher: WarSpotting | Note: Supports direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War evidence for a destroyed Russian command post for a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar at Chornukhyne in Alchevsk raion on 08 October 2024. | Accessed: 2026-07-03WarSpotting Kasta Ural Command PostPublisher: WarSpotting | Note: Supports direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War evidence for a damaged Russian Ural-4320-based command post for a 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar at Vysokoe in Yakovlevo raion, with summer 2024 listed as the date caveat. | Accessed: 2026-07-03WarSpotting Kasta-2E1 Command PostPublisher: WarSpotting | Note: Supports direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War evidence for a destroyed Russian command post for a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 surveillance radar in Zaporizhzhia oblast on 01 March 2026. | Accessed: 2026-07-03WarSpotting Kasta KamAZ Command PostPublisher: WarSpotting | Note: Supports direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War evidence for a destroyed Russian KamAZ 6x6 command post for a 35N6 Kasta surveillance radar near Yelyseivka in Berdiansk raion on 04 May 2026. | Accessed: 2026-07-03Wikimedia Commons 35N6 Kasta ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports open-license image provenance for the parent 35N6 Kasta radar-system image used because no clearly reusable command-post-specific image is available. | Accessed: 2026-07-03