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The '''Daimler D.IIIb''' was a V-8, [[water cooling|water-cooled]],  piston engine developed in Germany by [[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft]], for use in aircraft in [[1918 in aviation|1918]].
==Design and development==
Little is known of the Daimler D.IIIb, (not related to the '''[[Mercedes D.III]]'''), other than it was used for a succession of Daimler fighter prototypes in 1918.
==Applications==
Data from:''The Complete Book of Fighters''<ref name=Swan>{{cite book |last=Green |first=William |first2= Gordon|last2= Swanborough |title=The Complete Book of Fighters |date=1994|publisher=Salamander Books|location=Godalming, UK|isbn=1-85833-777-1|pages=145–146}}</ref> & ''German Aircraft of the First World War''<ref name="Gray">{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|year=1970|publisher=Putnam|location=London |isbn=0-370-00103-6|edition=2nd|last2=Thetford |first2=Owen|pages=314–317}}</ref>
* [[Daimler L6]]
* [[Daimler L8]]
* [[Daimler L9]]
* [[Daimler L11]]
* [[Daimler L14]]
* [[Daimler D.I]]
* [[Daimler CL.I]]
==Specifications (Daimler D.IIIb)==
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==See also==
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*[[Hispano-Suiza 8B]]
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==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|year=1970|publisher=Putnam|location=London |isbn=0-370-00103-6|edition=2nd|last2=Thetford |first2=Owen|pages=314–317}}
*{{cite book |last=Green |first=William |first2= Gordon|last2= Swanborough |title=The Complete Book of Fighters |date=1994|publisher=Salamander Books|location=Godalming, UK|isbn=1-85833-777-1|page=339}}
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