Aviatik B.III

B.III
Role	Reconnaissance 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

Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops

Specifications

General characteristics

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

Performance

Armament

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

References

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

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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