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Aviatik B.III

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Retired
  
1916

Manufacturer
  
Aviatik

First flight
  
1916

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.

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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

    Aviatik B.III Wikipedia
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