Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz DZ 710
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The Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz DZ 710 was a German aircraft
engine manufactured by Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G.
in the early 1940s. It was a 16-cylinder horizontally-opposed, two cycle diesel engine
. A larger 32-cylinder variant, the DZ 720 was basically two DZ 710's 'bolted' together in an H-Block fashion.
Both designs never saw operational use before the end of the war and work on the designs was halted in late 1945 when the factories were captured by the allies and turned into makeshift tank repair depots.
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
engine manufactured by Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G.
Motorenfabrik Oberursel
Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G. was a German manufacturer of automobile, locomotive and aircraft engines situated in Oberursel , near Frankfurt , Germany. During World War I it supplied a major 100 hp-class rotary engine that was used in a number of early-war fighter aircraft designs...
in the early 1940s. It was a 16-cylinder horizontally-opposed, two cycle diesel engine
Diesel engine
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
. A larger 32-cylinder variant, the DZ 720 was basically two DZ 710's 'bolted' together in an H-Block fashion.
Both designs never saw operational use before the end of the war and work on the designs was halted in late 1945 when the factories were captured by the allies and turned into makeshift tank repair depots.