Aviatik B.III

B.III
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer Öesterreichesche-Ungärische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik
Designer Robert Wild
First flight 1916
Introduction 1916
Retired 1916
Primary user Kaiserliche und Konigliche Luftfahrtruppen

The Aviatik B.III was a reconnaissance aircraft built in Austria-Hungary during World War I. Aviatik's Austro-Hungarian subsidiary had built the German-designed B.II, and now further developed this design by adding a more powerful engine and armament in the form of a defensive machine gun and bomb racks. It was otherwise similar to Austro-Hungarian built B.IIs, incorporating the revisions that had been made locally to the original design. All were obsolete and out of service by the end of 1916.


Operators

 Austria-Hungary

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: two, pilot and observer
  • Powerplant: 1 × Austro-Daimler inline , 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance Armament

  • 1 × 8mm Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 machine gun for observer
  • Several 10 kg (22 lb) bombs

References

  • Herris, Jack (2023). Aviatik Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-953201-59-1.
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