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The main steel factory in Linz [77] supplied its products to the nearby factories of tank hulls and turrets at Sankt Valentin (so-called Nibelungenwerk). [78] Throughout the war, the company also ran two sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp where it benefited from the slave labour of inmates held there.
In 1932, the BMW 3/20 became the first BMW automobile designed entirely by BMW. It was powered by a four-cylinder engine, which BMW designed based on the Austin 7 engine. BMW's first automotive straight-six engine was released in 1933, [34] [35] in the BMW 303, which was larger and more conventional than its 3/20 predecessor.
The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential , as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios ...
20 mm FlaK 30 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t: designation of the Sd.Kfz. 10/4 20 mm FlaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t: designation of the Sd.Kfz. 10/5 20 mm FlaKv 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (Sf) quad 20 mm version of the Möbelwagen: 20 mm FlaKv 38 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 8t: designation of the Sd.Kfz. 7/1
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Fokker's factory was not up to the task of meeting all D.VII production orders and Idflieg directed Albatros and AEG to build the D.VII under license, though AEG did not ultimately produce any aircraft. Because the Fokker factory did not use detailed plans as part of its production process, Fokker simply sent a D.VII airframe for Albatros to copy.
After the surrender of Nazi Germany several of the secret or unfinished projects of German military aircraft gained wide publicity. Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5 , F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers.
The first customer to take European delivery of a new BMW at the Welt was Jonathan Spira. [6] There were 2,200,000 visitors during the first 12 months of operation. [4] The number of visitors increased to 2,930,000 in 2013, of which 60% came from Germany. [7] BMW Welt and BMW Headquarters, Munich, Germany