Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine
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The Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine was a powerful British V12 tank engine derived from the Merlin aircraft engine, widely used to propel World War II armored vehicles such as the Cromwell.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V12 engine
ⓘ
petrol engine ⓘ tank engine ⓘ |
| applicationType | armoured fighting vehicle propulsion ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| bore | 5.4 in ⓘ |
| configuration | 60° V12 ⓘ |
| continuedInServiceUntil | post‑war decades ⓘ |
| coolant | water-glycol mixture ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | liquid-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crankshaftDirection | clockwise (viewed from rear) ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | V ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Rolls-Royce Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Rolls-Royce engineers
ⓘ
W. A. Robotham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | British cruiser tanks ⓘ |
| differenceFromMerlin |
adapted for low‑octane fuel
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no supercharger ⓘ reduced compression ratio ⓘ simplified for ground use ⓘ |
| displacement |
1649 cubic inches
ⓘ
27 litres ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | magneto ignition ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
alloy cylinder heads
ⓘ
steel cylinder liners ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
derived from a high‑performance aircraft engine
ⓘ
high power-to-weight ratio for an armored vehicle engine ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
about 550 bhp in early versions
ⓘ
about 600 bhp at 2550 rpm ⓘ |
| predecessor | Rolls-Royce Merlin (as design basis) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | tank propulsion ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1941 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| stroke | 6.0 in ⓘ |
| successor |
Leyland L60 (in later British tanks)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Meteorite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| torqueOutput | high low‑speed torque suitable for tanks ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| usedInVehicle |
Archer self-propelled gun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Centurion tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Challenger tank (A30) NERFINISHED ⓘ Comet tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Cromwell tank NERFINISHED ⓘ TOG 2 tank prototype NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valvetrain | single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cromwell tank