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name	DB 600 |image= DB600A NII VVS.jpg |caption= DB 600A in a Heinkel He 111B nacelle

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type	Piston V12 aircraft engine |national origin = Germany |manufacturer= Daimler-Benz |first run= Prototype F4A: 1932first flight: December 1935 |major applications= Messerschmitt Bf 109 |number built = 2281 |program cost = |unit cost = |developed from = |developed into = Daimler-Benz DB 601 |variants with their own articles =

The Daimler-Benz DB 600 was a German aircraft engine designed and built before World War II as part of a new generation of German engine technology. It was a liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine, and powered the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Heinkel He 111 among others.

Development

Most newer DB engine designs used in WW2 were based on this engine. The RLM made a set of specifications listing the technologies which the new class of German aero-engines required. Among these items was fuel injection systems rather than carburettors. Knowing that this would take some years to implement, the RLM permitted that the manufacturers could first design and produce the basic engine, and later develop it to include the injection system. The DB 600 formed this function (having in turn been developed from the Daimler-Benz F4A and F4B V12s), therefore when the injection system was ready it meant that the DB 600 was replaced by the otherwise similar DB 601, which in addition to direct fuel injection, also added the variable speed supercharger.BOOK, Douglas, Calum E., SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE Western Front Fighter Engine Development, 2020, TEMPEST, Lincolnshire, 978-1911658504, 74, First,weblink 9 December 2020, English, Hardcover, Later DB series engines grew in bore, stroke, and horsepower, including the DB 603 and DB 605, but were generally similar to the pattern created with the DB 600.

Variants

(File:Daimler_Benz_DB-600_L'Aerophile_March_1939.jpg|thumb|Daimler Benz DB-600 photo from L'Aerophile March 1939, shown upside-down)

DB 600 A/B: 1,000 PS (986 hp, 735 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 5-minute Kurzleistung (short term output)

DB 600Aa

DB 600 C/D: 850 PS (838 hp, 625 kW) at 2,250 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung

910 PS (898 hp, 669 kW) at 2,400 rpm at {{convert|4000|m|abbr=on}} with 5-minute Kurzleistung

DB 600 Ga/Ha: 1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung

1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at {{convert|3600|m|abbr=on}} with 5-minute Kurzleistung

Note:

• DB 600 A/C/Ga with a reduction gearing of 1.55
• DB 600 B/D/Ha with a reduction gearing of 1.88

Source:

• Luftfahrt-Lehrbücherei, Band 21, Die Deutschen Flugmotoren: DB 600, Berlin, 1940

Applications

• Arado Ar 197 V1. 1937 prototype - naval variant of Arado Ar 68.
• Dornier Do 17 S-0 Three pre-production aircraft.
• Focke-Wulf Fw 57
• Focke-Wulf Fw 187 V6.
• Heinkel He 60C One test aircraft.
• Heinkel He 111 V5: DB 600A, B-1, B-2: DB 600C, G-4: DB 600G, G-5: DB 600C, J-1: DB 600C
• Heinkel He 112 V7, V8.
• Heinkel He 114 Three He 114 B-2 exported to Romania.
• Junkers Ju 90 V1.
• Henschel Hs 128 V1. Twin engine, pressurised cockpit, high-altitude research aircraft.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 V10 through V14. Prototypes.
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 V1, V2, V3. Prototypes.
• Messerschmitt Bf 162 V1, V2.

Specifications (DB 600C/D)

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hp/lb kW/kg}} B.M.E.P.: {{cvt|9.45|atm|bar psi}} Reduction gear Spur * 600C 0.645:1 * 600D 0.532:1 }} See also {hide}aircontent|see also=|related= Daimler-Benz DB 600 series Daimler-Benz DB 601 Daimler-Benz DB 603 Daimler-Benz DB 605 |similar aircraft=|lists= List of aircraft engines List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War II |similar engines= Allison V-1710 Hispano-Suiza 12Y Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI Junkers Jumo 210 Junkers Jumo 211 Klimov M-103 Klimov M-105 Mikulin AM-35 Rolls-Royce Merlin {edih} References {{reflist}} Bibliography BOOK, Bingham, Victor, Major Piston Aero Engines of World War II, 1998, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK, 1-84037-012-2, BOOK, Christopher, John, The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology., 2013, History Press, Stroud, UK, 978-0-7524-6457-2, BOOK, Gunston, Bill, World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: From the Pioneers to the Present Day, 2006, Sutton, Stroud, UK, 0-7509-4479-X, 5th, Green, William. The Augsburg Eagle: A Documentary History - Messerschmitt Bf 109. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishing Group. 1980. {{ISBN|0-7106-0005-4}} Smith, J R and Kay, Anthony L. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putman & Company. 1972 {{ISBN|0-370-00024-2}} Neil Gregor Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich. Yale University Press, 1998 External links {{Commons category|Daimler-Benz DB 600}} Aviation History.com, DB 600 series page {{Daimler-Benz aeroengines}}