Albatros G.III

G.III
G.III
General information
Type	Bomber
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Primary user	Germany
History
Introduction date	1917
First flight	mid 1916

The Albatros G.III (company L.21), was a German bomber aircraft development of World War I. It was a large, single-bay biplane of unequal span and unstaggered wings. Power was provided by two Benz Bz.IVa pusher engines installed in nacelles carried between the wings. An unusual feature of the design was that the lower wing was provided with cutouts for the propellers, allowing the engine nacelles to be mounted further forward than would have been otherwise possible. Few were built, these seeing service mostly on the Macedonian Front in 1917.

Operators

German Empire

Luftstreitkräfte

Specifications (G.III)

General characteristics

Crew: three, pilot, observer, and engineer
Length: 11.9 m (39 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 18.0 m (59 ft 0 in)
Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 79.0 m² (850 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,064 kg (4,550 lb)
Gross weight: 3,150 kg (6,945 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Benz Bz.IVa , 164 kW (220 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 km/h (94 mph, 82 kn)
Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
Rate of climb: 1.3 m/s (260 ft/min)

Armament

2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine guns
325 kg (720 lb) of bombs

References

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