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Polish media reported on problems with the new MANPADS Piorun

Polish company Mesko S.A. (included in the association PGZ) can not deliver the first batch of the Ministry of Defense of Poland 150 Lightning ПЗРК, due to failures, pursuing complexes trials in April and June, According to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.

Польские СМИ рассказали о проблемах с новым ПЗРК Piorun

The company has owed more to the military department 20 million. PLN as the penalty for failure of contractual terms.

The contract for the supply of the troops 420 launchers and 1300 Piorun missiles was concluded at the end of 2016 of the year. initially it was assumed, The new MANPADS will be better American "Stinger" referring to the use of Polish designers' unique technical solutions ".

However, conducted in the company verification concluded, that the products of the company Mesko «pose a threat to life and health of both workers, and soldiers'.

The report, that during the military trials at the start there was an explosion of a rocket engine chamber, and only by sheer luck not detonated warhead missiles. The whole party was revoked due to this incident,.

Engine is inspected by measuring a thickness of the chamber walls and found, that "the twelve chambers of the engine 81 (ie. 15%) the walls were thinner than the norm.

Members of the commission also found, that factory controllers do not have enough appropriate measuring equipment. All measurements are made, what is called, "On the knee".

Subsequent production tests (in April and June of this year,) also were unsuccessful. The problems are the same - the explosions of the engine chambers. All defects - a consequence of production defects. But not only. As stated in the report,, Mesko more technologists 3 years can not create "effective cam engine technology to produce rocket fuel and Piorun for her".

According to the newspaper, the company began to work employees of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau. It is assumed, that the production of the product could be used previously rejected components.

                          
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