The birth of the MAYBACH ENGINE
The birth of the MAYBACH ENGINE
These engines first saw military service in Fokker airplanes..
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Rivetcounter
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Re: The birth of the MAYBACH ENGINE
Most tank engines from this period where aeroplane engines as they gave greater torque and where lighter than a normal engine, even the Cromwell and Sherman used aeroplane engines
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Re: The birth of the MAYBACH ENGINE
i think i may be right to say the me-109 engine was developed in a merc raceing car in the mid 1930 as engins for war planes were band under the versailles treaty ?
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