V-54 diesel engine
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The V-54 diesel engine is a Soviet V-12, water-cooled, four-stroke diesel powerplant widely used to propel T-54 main battle tanks and their variants.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel engine
ⓘ
tank engine ⓘ |
| application | armored fighting vehicles ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| bore | 150 mm ⓘ |
| compressionIgnition | true ⓘ |
| configuration | V-12 ⓘ |
| coolingMedium | liquid coolant ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | water-cooled ⓘ |
| coolingType | forced circulation water cooling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crankshaftSupport | seven main bearings ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | 60-degree V ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Alexander Morozov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | T-54 tank family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacement | 38.88 L ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| family | V-2 engine family ⓘ |
| fuelPumpType | inline injection pump ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | direct injection ⓘ |
| fuelType | diesel fuel ⓘ |
| governorType | mechanical governor ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 900 kg ⓘ |
| numberOfStrokesPerCycle | 4 ⓘ |
| originModel | V-2 tank diesel engine ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
520 hp
ⓘ
about 382 kW ⓘ |
| primaryUse | main battle tank propulsion ⓘ |
| startingSystem |
compressed air starter
ⓘ
electric starter ⓘ |
| stroke | 180 mm ⓘ |
| strokeCycle | four-stroke ⓘ |
| successor | V-55 diesel engine ⓘ |
| typicalOperatingSpeed | up to about 2000 rpm ⓘ |
| usedByCountry |
China
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Pact states NERFINISHED ⓘ various export customers ⓘ |
| usedInVehicle |
T-54 main battle tank
NERFINISHED
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T-54-based engineering vehicles ⓘ T-54A main battle tank NERFINISHED ⓘ T-54B main battle tank NERFINISHED ⓘ T-54M main battle tank NERFINISHED ⓘ T-55 main battle tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Type 59 tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead valve ⓘ |
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