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Old 6th Sep 2015, 16:28
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Originally Posted by Downwind Lander

Maybe. But I am pretty sure that certain marks of C-130 can be fitted with the MAFFS or MAFFS2 kit and then become water bombers. (The water comes out of the paratroops' jump doors). I don't know the cost of this add-on, but it must make pressing some Hercules into water bombing as needed relatively cheap.
That's also not a MAFFS or MAFFS 2 system. It's a completely different tank and drop system developed by Coulson. It can be installed in C-130's, and in fact has been installed in a C-130, but it requires fairly extensive airframe modifications.

The MAFFS can be installed in any Herc without extensive modification.

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