B.III
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft Type of 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 × 8mm Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 machine gun for observer
Several 10 kg (22 lb) bombs

References

Herris, Jack (2023). Aviatik Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-953201-59-1.

v t e Aviatik aircraft
Aviatik aircraft	B.I B.II B.III C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VIII C.IX D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII F P13 P14 P18 P19 P20
Aviatik (Berg) aircraft	D.I D.II
Aviatik (Austro-Hungary) aircraft	C.I

v t 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