The reason for refusal "Pinocchio" could become the old shell

President Vladimir Putin during a routine training on management of the Armed Forces on May 8 instructed the commander of the CVO Nicholas Bogdanovsky deal with the problems identified in the heavy flamethrower system of " Pinocchio ." According to experts , the failure occurred due to failure of the ammunition produced in Soviet times .
Tank expert , chief editor of the " Arsenal of the fatherland" Victor Murakhovski told "Izvestia" that the cause of failure of CBT -1 (" Pinocchio" ) during exercise could become obsolete shell.

- Do not come down the projectile , is quite a common thing that the army is called a misfire . Did not work either electrical or igniter charge jet engine - Murakhovski said .
The expert noted that the installation itself worked well , but the Rockets it is not currently available , and the army was forced to use reserves of the Soviet era.
- In general, " Pinocchio" great machine, performed well in combat operation in Chechnya. The question is not it , and Rockets - they have not recently purchased and used Soviet stockpiles . All warranty storage they already have served - the source .
TOS-1 (" Pinocchio" ) was developed by the Omsk Transport Engineering Design Bureau ( KBTM ) in the 1970s . Heavy flamethrower system salvo uses incendiary shells , ammunition of releasing 30 rockets per 7.5 at a distance of up to 3.7 km . Lesion area in this case reaches 40 m. km . Objective of the system - support for armored units and infantry. The troops will be replaced by " Pinocchio" on the enhanced version of the installation - TOS-1A (" sun ").
- TOS-1A (" sun ") to replace the " Pinocchio" , it uses the new missiles with increased range up to 6 km and a new warhead. The machine is similar in appearance , and in fact is quite different and is based on a different chassis. " Sun " has armed the two battalions , but " Pinocchio" is not immediately replaced, - says Victor Murakhovski .

TOS-1A (" sun ") is also designed Transport Engineering Design Bureau and adopted by the Russian Army in 2001.
Expert at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Vasily Kashin said that , despite the high combat effectiveness , these units are designed to solve the problems of a fairly narrow range and therefore are not massive weaponry.
- Installation was produced on a limited scale , for specialized tasks deemed useful . The " Pinocchio" has a future as an upgraded version of it , but mass system it will not, and should not be . Military her well evaluated in the fighting in the North Caucasus , for some time , " Pinocchio" will remain in the armed forces - said Cashin .
Get online comment Omsk KBTM afternoon May 8 failed.