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List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War Two

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This is a list of all German Motors including all aircraft engines, rocket motors, jets and any other powerplants, along with a very basic description.

The RLM used an internal designation system that included a number signifying the engine type, 9 for piston engines and 109 for jets and rockets, followed by a manufacturer's code. Each company was assigned a block of numbers for their designs:

Using this system the famous BMW engine used in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 would be known as the 9-801. However this system was not widely used, even within the RLM, and a common name consisting of the manufacturer's name (often abbreviated) followed by the model number was much more common. The list below uses the common BMW 801 instead of the official 9-801.

Engines produced before the RLM's designation system was set up are often listed using the same basic terminology. So while the interwar Argus 10 engine can be referred to as the As 10, it is not correct to call it the 9-10, this designation was never applied.

(incomplete listings)
Notable engines:

BMW 003 BMW 801 Walter HWK 109-509

Piston Engines (Motors):

  • Argus As 10
  • Argus As 401 eight-cylinder
  • Argus As 402
  • Argus As 410 12-cylinder, air-cooled
  • Argus As 411 larger development of the 410
  • Argus As 412 H-block development of the 410
  • Argus As 413

BMW-Bramo

  • DB 600 12-cylinder inverted-V
  • DB 601 improved DB 600 with fuel injection
  • DB 602
  • DB 603 enlarged DB601 for use in bombers and fighter-bombers, little fighter use
  • DB 604 (prototype)
  • DB 605 improved and slightly enlarged DB601 for use in fighters
  • DB 606 two coupled DB601 engines
  • DB 607
  • DB 609
  • DB 610 two coupled DB605 engines
  • DB 612
  • DB 613
  • DB 614 24-cylinder
  • DB 615
  • DB 616
  • DB 617
  • DB 618
  • DB 619
  • DB 620
  • DB 621 12-cylinder
  • DB 622 12-cylinder
  • DB 623 12-cylinder
  • DB 624
  • DB 625
  • DB 626
  • DB 627 12-cylinder
  • DB 628 12-cylinder
  • DB 629
  • DB 630
  • DB 631
  • DB 632 12-cylinder

Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz

  • HM 504 4...
  • HM 506 6...
  • HM 508 8...
  • HM 512 and 12 cylinder air-cooled inverted inlines

Jet and Rocket Engines:

(Rocket engines, turboprops, turbojets, and other non-piston engines included)
For the Last three digits: 001-499 Air Breathing, 500-999 Non-Air Breathing (Rockets)

Air-Breathing:

(turbojets, turboprops, pulsejets, .... )

Rockets

(non-air breathing engines: liquid fuel rocket, solid fuel rocket) Other

Related:

(note: orginzational standards for listings are sill in flux)

See also: turbojet, turboprop, pulsejet, rocket, motor, internal combustion engine, WW2


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