The BMW VI was a water-cooled V-12 aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. Effectively two BMW IV engines sharing a common crankshaft, power was in the 450 kW (600 hp) range. It was one of the most important German aero engines in the years leading up to World War II, with at least 9,200 built between 1926 and 1938. The engine was licence-built in the Soviet Union under the supervision of Mikulin, who then further developed it as the M-17. The world-wide recognized term, BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... BMW IVa The BMW IV was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (Александр Александрович Микулин) (1895-1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achivements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34 and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for Soviet Unions first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104. ...

Specifications

• Bore: 160 mm (6.3 in)
• Stoke: 190 mm (7.5 in)
• Displacement: 46.9 L (2,865 cu in)

Applications

• Albatros L 77
• Dornier Do 17
• Arado Ar 68
• Heinkel He 51
• Arado Ar 64
• Arado Ar 65
• Heinkel He 59
• Heinkel He 45

The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift (flying pencil), was a light bomber produced by Dornier. ... The Arado Ar 68 was a single seat biplane aircraft developed in the mid 1930s. ... The Heinkel He 51 was a single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. ... The Arado Ar 64 was a single seat biplane aircraft developed in the late 1920s. ... The Arado Ar 65 was the single seat biplane aircraft successor to the Arado Ar 64. ... Heinkel HE 59 Designed in 1930, the He 59 resulted from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance warplane able to operate with equal facility on wheeled landing gear or twin-float alighting gear. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

References

Gunston, Bill (1986). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens, 25.