Aviatik B.III

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B.II
Type	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Öesterreichesche-Ungärische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik
Designed by	Robert Wild
Maiden flight	1916
Introduced	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.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

v • d • e KuKLFT B-class aircraft designations Aviatik: B.I • B.II • B.III Fokker: B.I • B.II • B.III Hansa-Brandenburg: B.I Lohner: B.I • B.II • B.III • B.IV • B.V • B.VI • B.VII

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