Designed by the same team of engineers as this older model for the Zorian Air Force, this fighter has a newer 575kw air cooled radial engine. It has a top speed of 450 km/h and was among the first mass produced Zorian aircraft to be outfitted with retractable landing gear. It is much more heavily armed that it's predecessor having six 8mm machine guns (4 frontal and 2 wing mounted) and a 25mm cannon. While somewhat dated by the onset of the war enough of them were around to form the backbone of their Zoria's fighter force and their firepower was sufficient to make enemy pilots in at the time state of the art fighters be cautious when engaging them. Even so engineers were working round the clock on improved designs when war began.