Single engine, low-wing aircraft, metal construction, with a 3-wheel fixed landing gear including a tail wheel. Water/chemical hopper in the front of the cockpit, modified B version.
The ability to drop an entire tank of water / extinguisher in 2 seconds – a “water bomb”.
Wetting of the extinguisher substances to produce a wide spray band over the burning area – very efficient method to extinguish meadows, peatlands, moorlands.