MTU Friedrichshafen
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MTU Friedrichshafen is a manufacturer of commercial engines. It was a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler until 2006 when it was sold off to the EQT IV private equity fund.
The company was founded with the Maybach automobile manufacturer in the early part of the 20th Century. Daimler-Benz acquired the company in 1960 and later merged its aircraft and Diesel engine production under the name of MTU Friedrichshafen. The company was paired with Detroit Diesel as DaimlerChrysler's engine division.
MTU Friedrichshafen and Detroit Diesel's off-highway business was sold off in the first quarter of 2006 to allow DaimlerChrysler to focus only on motor vehicle manufacture. EQT has used both groups to form a new company, Tognum.
The company manufactures diesel-engines for trains, ships, military vehicles, farming, mining and construction equipment as well as diesel-generators.
Vehicles powered by MTU engines
- Trains
- *Bombardier Turbostar, Talent
- *High Speed Train (New engines for First Great Western and GNER fleets)
- Armored fighting vehicles
- *Tanks
- **Leopard I and Leopard II tanks
- **Kanonenjagdpanzer, Raketenjagdpanzer 2, Jaguar 1, Jaguar 2 tank destroyers
- **Arjun tank (licensed copy)
- *Self-propelled artillery
- **Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard anti-aircraft gun
- **PzH 2000 and Palmaria 155mm howitzers
- *Infantry fighting vehicles
- **Marder
- **M113 (upgraded)
- **Piranha II
- Ships
- *Yachts
- **Rising Sun
- **Octopus
- *Ferries
- *Frigates and corvettes
- **Bremen class frigates
- **Brandenburg class frigates
- **Sachsen class frigates
- **Some PR-72P class corvettes
- **Lanzhou class destroyers (copy)
- **Anzac class frigates
- **Vasco da Gama class frigates
- **Many other MEKO type frigates and corvettes
- *Small combatants
- **Turunmaa class gunboats
- **Tiger class fast attack craft
- **Albatros class fast attack craft
- **Gepard class fast attack craft
- *Mine warfare ships
- **Frankenthal class mine hunters
- **Kulmbach class mine hunters
- **Ensdorf class minesweepers
- *Submarines
- **Type 206 submarines
- **Type 209 submarines
- **Ula class submarines
- **Dolphin class submarines
- **Type 212 submarines
- **Type 214 submarines
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