The Daimler-Benz DB 602, originally known as Daimler-Benz LOF.6, was a

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designed and built in the early 1930s. It was a liquid-cooled upright V16, and powered the two ''Hindenburg''-class airships. It has roughly the same displacement and weight of the

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, which was used in the ill-fated

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, but has almost twice the power of the Tornado, showing Daimler-Benz's superior knowledge regarding diesel engine construction. Also, these engines, under designation MB 502, powered four Schnellboot-type attack craft of 1933 series S10...13 (three engines on each). The engine was modified into V20 MB 501 of 2000 hp that had a variety of applications.

Applications

DB 602

* LZ 129 ''Hindenburg'' * LZ 130 ''Graf Zeppelin II''

MB 511

* Schnellboot 1933 series S10...13

Engines on display

A preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602 is on display at the

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.Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
www.zeppelin-museum.de (German language) Retrieved: 17 September 2009

Specifications (DB 602)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* * * * Neil Gregor ''Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich''. Yale University Press, 1998 {{Daimler-Benz aeroengines Daimler-Benz aircraft engines Aircraft diesel engines 1930s aircraft piston engines Airship engines