Russia Reveals Planshet-A Artillery C2 on Atlet 4x4 for 30-Second Fire Missions.

Russia showcased its vehicle-mounted Planshet-A artillery command-and-control system at World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh, positioning it as a rapid sensor-to-shooter solution for tube artillery, mortars, and MLRS units.

In Riyadh at the World Defense Show, Army Recognition examined Russia’s Planshet-A command-and-control system, presented as a compact, vehicle-mounted fire-control node for artillery and mortar units. Integrated on an armored 4x4 command post platform in the outdoor static display, the system is marketed to accelerate the sensor-to-shooter cycle for tube artillery, mortars, and multiple launch rocket systems, enabling crews to operate from dispersed and often unprepared positions while reducing exposure to counter-battery fires.
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Planshet-A is a vehicle-mounted artillery C2 node that fuses reconnaissance and rapid survey data to deliver fast firing solutions, enabling quick deployment, rapid engagement of unplanned targets, and sustained shoot-and-scoot operations with counter-battery support (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).

In Army Recognition’s on-site photos, the Planshet-A installation is packaged inside an armored 4x4 with multiple roof antennas and a rear mission compartment that reads like a small rolling operations room rather than a traditional gunline vehicle. The pitch is simple: give formations that lack organic digital fire control a plug-in command post that can ingest target data, compute firing solutions, and push orders to dispersed firing elements without forcing commanders to build a static, signature-heavy headquarters.

The technical claims displayed on the show placard emphasize speed and short setup times. The combat component deployment time is listed at six minutes for a battery or artillery battalion C2 post and nine minutes for a battery operating from unprepared firing positions. Initial geospatial survey time is stated as two minutes with an average survey error of ten meters, and the stated duration of C2 processes for engaging an unplanned target is no more than 50 seconds at artillery battalion level and no more than 30 seconds at battery level. Continuous functioning time with an autonomous power source is advertised at ten hours, a detail that matters when units are displaced frequently and cannot assume grid power.

Planshet-A is positioned as a KSAU class automation complex developed by VNII Signal within Rostec’s High-Precision Systems holding, and it is designed to automate fire preparation, fire control, and mission execution for self-propelled and towed artillery, mortars, and MLRS, including indirect-fire systems that do not have standard onboard automation. VNII Signal has also described a broad compatibility set, from Russian legacy howitzers and mortars through rocket artillery, while stressing that the architecture can be adapted to foreign-designed artillery, mortar, and MLRS control systems for export customers.

The vehicle matters almost as much as the software. At WDS, Planshet-A is shown mounted on the Atlet armored chassis, a mine-resistant platform broadly comparable in role to other light protected mobility vehicles used to carry radios, staff, and battle-management kits. Atlet parameters have been reported at roughly nine tonnes with a 300 hp diesel, claimed road speed of at least 120 km/h, and a quoted range of around 1,000 km, plus STANAG 4569 Level 2 ballistic protection and mine resistance cited as two kilograms of TNT under belly or wheel. That combination supports the operational logic of fight, displace, fight again by keeping the fire-control cell survivable and mobile.

The development path also tracks Russia’s wartime emphasis on digitizing artillery command networks. A previously shown prototype matured into a system in Russian service and employed in the Ukrainian theater, with industry presentations framing it as operational rather than experimental. At WDS 2026, Rosoboronexport explicitly framed Planshet-A alongside a UAV and rocket artillery in a single reconnaissance-and-strike package, underscoring export marketing built around networked fires rather than standalone guns.

A country fielding Planshet-A can use it as the battery and battalion-level digital spine for indirect fires: connect observers and UAV teams, fuse meteorological and survey data, validate targets, and issue firing orders fast enough to exploit fleeting exposures while reducing time spent transmitting voice corrections. The emphasis on unprepared firing positions points to a doctrine of frequent displacement and rapid occupation, a survival requirement against modern counter-battery radars and loitering munitions. Industry officials have stated that the system can be adapted to customer specifications and highlighted counter-battery control as part of the mission set, adding that it is used to control fire of Russia’s advanced artillery systems.

On operators, the only publicly documented user is Russia, with reporting that it is in service and used operationally; no confirmed foreign operators have been publicly identified for Planshet-A as of WDS 2026. For a prospective buyer, the practical pathway would be incremental: start by digitizing a battalion that mixes towed howitzers and mortars, tie in UAV video and target coordinates, then expand to rocket artillery and counter-battery sensors as doctrine and communications security mature.

Against competitors, Planshet-A sits in the same problem set as Western digital fires networks, but with different interoperability assumptions. The U.S. Army’s AFATDS is built as an automated fire support C2 backbone and is currently being upgraded with newer software approaches, reflecting an ecosystem designed for joint and coalition fires. France’s Thales ATLAS is marketed as a scalable fire control system and has been discussed in the context of feeding UAV-derived target data into artillery workflows. Elbit’s Torch-X Fires, likewise, is positioned as a multi-layer digital fires C2 suite aimed at rapid sensor-to-shooter execution across multiple echelons. Planshet-A’s export appeal, as presented in Riyadh, is a rugged, vehicle-mounted package tuned for artillery-heavy forces that want faster fire mission processing and mobile survivability without rebuilding their entire fires architecture from scratch.