Aviatik B.III
B.III | |
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Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Öesterreichesche-Ungärische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik |
Designer | |
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[]
- 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[]
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 89.
Categories:
- 1910s Austro-Hungarian military reconnaissance aircraft
- Aviatik aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1916
- 1910s aircraft stubs