As we've previously mentioned, many firms manufactured under license their own versions of the Aviatik Berg D.I. Sometimes the changes were very notable, some others they were just a copy of the original.
The Austrian Wiener Karosserie Fabrik (Austrian Bodyworks Factory) manufactured many four series in total, making this firm the one with most manufactured series of them all.
The series 84 was a regular copy of the original series 38 powered by a 185hp Austro-Daimler engine, the series 184 was a copy of the original series 138, powered by a 200hp Austro-Daimler engine, the series 284 was the most different version of the all, because technically, it's not a copy of any of the original series but a variant of it's own.
It was powered by a 160hp Austro-Daimler engine, armed with two 8mm Schwarzlose machine guns and, as far as we could find, it served with the Flik6F dedicated to the escort role of the Austro-Hungarian recon airplanes assigned to the Albanian front. This makes this variant special as there weren't many Berg D.I in the Balkan front for sure.
Finally the series 384 was another variant powered by a 225hp Austro-Daimler engine. Every variant was armed with two 8mm Schwarzlose Machine Guns.
Unfortunately, we only could find reliable information about the 284 series.
It's worth to mention that other two series were intended to manufacture, the series 215 from Lohner and the series 201 from Thöne und Fiala, but they were never produced.
Sources:
1. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59709 (translated)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I
3. Windsock Datafile - Aviatik Berg D.I
4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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