Engineering:Halberstadt C.III

C.III
Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
First flight	Late 1917
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	6
Developed from	Halberstadt C.I
Developed into	Halberstadt C.V

The Halberstadt C.III was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

Design

The Halberstadt C.III was a structurally similar C.I equipped with a Benz Bz.IV engine with a power of 200 hp. The aircraft's armament consisted of one front 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 08/15 Spandau and one turret 7.92-mm machine gun Parabellum mounted in the rear cockpit on a mobile turret. It was developed into the Halberstadt C.V in late 1918.

Operators

German Empire

• Luftstreitkrafte

Specifications

Data from German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)
• Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
• Empty weight: 850 kg (1,874 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,310 kg (2,888 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
• Endurance: 3 hours
• Service ceiling: 5,100 m (16,700 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.42 m/s (2,051 ft/min)
• Time to altitude:
  
  • 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 3 minutes 12 seconds
  • 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 23 minutes

Armament

• Guns:
  
• 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
• 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit
• four 22 lb bombs

See also

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany