Aviatik B.III
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Designer
Primary userKaiserliche und Konigliche Luftfahrtruppen
| B.III | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Öesterreichesche-Ungärische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | Kaiserliche und Konigliche Luftfahrtruppen |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1916 |
| First flight | 1916 |
| Retired | 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.
