The Rolls-Royce Meteor was a Britishtank engine developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlinaero-engine. The Merlin was a 12 cylinder, 60° V, 27 litre, liquid cooled piston aircraft engine built during World War II by Rolls-Royce and under licence in the United States by Packard. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
For tank use the Merlin had its supercharger removed and was de-rated to approx 600 bhp (447 kW). In addition, because weight-saving was not so important for a tank engine some of the Merlin's more expensive light-alloy components were replaced with cheaper components manufactured from steel. A supercharger (also known as a blower) is an air compressor used to force more air (and hence more oxygen) into the combustion chamber(s) of an internal combustion engine than can be achieved at ambient atmospheric pressure. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ...
Unlike previous British tank engines, e.g. the American Liberty L-12 license-built by Nuffield which was used in the Crusader, the engine was very lightly-stressed and reliable, while doubling the power available. General characteristics Layout V-12 Cooling water Cylinders 12 Valve type Displacement 27 litres Rotation rate 1700 rpm Power 400 hp Power (300 kW Weight 383kg The Liberty L-12 was a 27 litre water-cooled 45 degree V-12 aircraft engine of 400 horsepower (300 kW). ... The Nuffield Organisation was an automobile manufacturing company in the United Kingdom. ... One of the primary cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom during World War II, the Cruiser Tank VI Crusader was perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign. ...
Previously, British tanks had been regarded as somewhat underpowered and unreliable, and the Meteor is considered to be the engine that for the first time gave British tanks ample, reliable, power.
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