Daimler-Benz DB 605

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aircraft engine liquid-cooled aircraft engine piston aircraft engine

The Daimler-Benz DB 605 was a powerful German inverted V12 aircraft engine used extensively in World War II fighters such as later variants of the Bf 109 and Bf 110.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Daimler-Benz DB 605 canonical	8
Daimler‑Benz DB 605	1
license-built Daimler-Benz DB 605A	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft engine ⓘ liquid-cooled aircraft engine ⓘ piston aircraft engine ⓘ
application	Fiat G.55 ⓘ surface form: Fiat G.55 Centauro Macchi C.205 Veltro ⓘ Messerschmitt Me 210 ⓘ Messerschmitt Me 210 ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt Me 410 Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario ⓘ Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero ⓘ surface form: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 variants
basedOn	Daimler-Benz DB 601 ⓘ
bore	154 mm ⓘ
compressionRatio	7.5:1 ⓘ
configuration	inverted V12 ⓘ
coolingSystem	liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
crankshaftConfiguration	single crankshaft ⓘ
displacement	35.7 L ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
firstRun	1941 ⓘ
fuelSystem	direct fuel injection ⓘ
fuelType	aviation gasoline ⓘ
manufacturer	Daimler AG ⓘ surface form: Daimler-Benz
notableFeature	designed for streamlined installation in fighter aircraft ⓘ direct fuel injection allowing negative-g maneuvers ⓘ inverted V layout for improved pilot visibility ⓘ
notableVariant	DB 605A ⓘ DB 605A ⓘ surface form: DB 605AS DB 605D ⓘ DB 605D ⓘ surface form: DB 605DB DB 605D ⓘ surface form: DB 605DC
numberOfCylinders	12 ⓘ
powerOutput	approximately 1,475 PS at takeoff in early versions ⓘ up to about 1,800 PS in later boosted versions ⓘ
primaryApplication	Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 110 ⓘ
productionPeriod	early 1940s ⓘ
propellerDrive	reduction gear ⓘ
serviceEntry	1942 ⓘ
stroke	160 mm ⓘ
successor	Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine ⓘ surface form: Daimler-Benz DB 603
supercharger	single-stage supercharger ⓘ
usedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedByCountry	Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedInRole	fighter aircraft ⓘ fighter-bomber aircraft ⓘ heavy fighter aircraft ⓘ
valvesPerCylinder	4 ⓘ
valvetrain	DOHC ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 → engineType → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 601 → successor → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 600 → developedInto → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

DB 601A → succeededBy → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

Veltro → engineType → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

this entity surface form: license-built Daimler-Benz DB 605A

Fiat RA.1050 RC.58 Tifone → basedOn → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

Fiat RA.1050 RC.58 Tifone → licenseBuiltVersionOf → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

DB 605A → partOfFamily → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

DB 605D → variantOf → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

Saab 18 → powerplant → Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daimler‑Benz DB 605