Aviatik B.III

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! Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |-

! Manufacturer | Öesterreichesche-Ungärische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik |-

! Designer | Robert Wilddisambiguation needed |-

! 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

• Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops

Specifications

General characteristics

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

PerformanceArmament

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

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 89.