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Major German Ports. For major ports within Germany, a position of "Naval Superintendent" ( Marineintendantur) served as the port commander and answered directly to the commanders of the Navy regions. Naval superintendent positions established during World War II included Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Kiel, and Hamburg.
109-006 Junkers/Heinkel 006. 109-007 Daimler-Benz 007. 109-011 Heinkel HeS 011, key late-war German development turbojet (only 19 examples built) 109-012 Junkers 012 – developed into the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine. 109-014 Argus As 014 pulsejet. 109-016 Daimler-Benz 016 turbojet. 109-018 BMW 018 turbojet.
The BMW engines proved unreliable and used excessive amounts of fuel so it was decided to use a set of three Deutz diesel truck engines. Though this reduced the vessel's maximum speed to 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h), the loss of speed was more than offset by the greater reliability of the Deutz engines and more economical cruising range.
In the early 1970s, marinized versions of BMW's 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder gasoline engine were marketed as the Model 410 and 411. In 1977, BMW AG established a separate marine division, incorporated as BMW Marine GmbH. BMW Marine's head office and assembly plant were located in Verviers, Belgium . BMW Marine continued to marinize BMW's production ...
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.
The ships were built by Germaniawerft (F 1 – F 6), Kiel, Blohm & Voss (F 7, F 8) and Wilhelmshaven dockyard (F 9, F 10). They entered service between 1936 and 1939. Similar in size to the Type 35 and Type 37 torpedo-boats, the ships were originally conceived as fast fleet or convoy escort ships that could also perform anti-submarine and minesweeping wor
This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by Germany during World War II (1939–1945). ... World War II torpedo boats of Germany (5 C, 29 P) U.
The BMW 801 was a powerful German 41.8-litre (2,550 cu in) air-cooled 14-cylinder- radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Production versions of the twin-row engine generated between 1,560 and 2,000 PS (1,540–1,970 hp, or 1,150–1,470 kW ). It was the most produced radial engine ...