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Sarge, even the tank needs to bath.
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diopter said:
Speaking of small light cars, Would be fun to find a military version on one of these:
https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4585-top-5-smallest-cars-ever-produced

I can just see a whole lineup of large pickup truck owners wanting these to save gas gas expenses. :)
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They missed the best one in this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Kabinenroller

Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, just in case you wondered what Messerschmitt produced after there was very little demand for 109s.

After they became MBB they made aircraft again, including Bo105 for the CCG and the BK117 STARS use.
 
sidester said:
Sarge, even the tank needs to bath.
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This brings back memories of a platoon commander who thought it would be a good idea to "wash his M113s" in the Battle River in Wainwright. Unfortunately the bilge pump on one of them wasn't working and he hit a hole which drowned the engine requiring a replacement which he was very fortunate to avoid paying for.:rey2
 
altaberg said:
They missed the best one in this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Kabinenroller

Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, just in case you wondered what Messerschmitt produced after there was very little demand for 109s.

After they became MBB they made aircraft again, including Bo105 for the CCG and the BK117 STARS use.
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Speaking of post war re-purposing - meet the car that BMW made -- after they stopped building engines for the Luftwaffe (notably the FW190's radial and a very nice little turbojet that saw limited use)

The BMW Isetta '600' (this is the 'stretch' version of the standard Isetta) packing an aircooled twin Bimmer 'Boxer' in the rear. This hot rod had two doors -- one opening forward and the other for the second 'row' passengers. I once witnessed 80mph on the speedo of a 600 ... going down hill ... courtesy of an optimistic speedometer .... and people thought Smart Cars were a novel development

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The Big Two built a LOT of aircraft motors for the Luftwaffe during the "Unpleasantness".

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Thanks to the good folks at the Flying Heritage Museum at Paine Field in Seattle, I've heard both. The DB601 is absolute silk. The BMW 801 is like most round engines - on startup, it sounds very unhappy indeed, but once running and warm, like God clearing his throat. An amazing sound. "If erection lasts longer than five hours..."

Mighty critters both. Good engineering, if a little "overthought". Imagine German engineers getting carried away. Never seen such a thing. :)
 
Mighty critters both. Good engineering, if a little "overthought". Imagine German engineers getting carried away. Never seen such a thing.

Tough to even talk to Germans without encountering their overthinking. :)

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GMs' German subsidiary OPEL built engines for the Luftwaffe. GM succesfully sued the US AAF for damages caused by raids on these plants.
 
OPEL produced engines of the Argus sort. Wee lil' things for use in things like the FW189, trainers, and of course the Fabulous Fieseler Storch:

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A brilliant design, and perfect for lifting fat Italians off of mountaintops.

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Not the only company that made money from German production during the war:

During WWII, a trade embargo was established against Nazi Germany – making the import of Coca-Cola syrup difficult.[1] To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including whey and apple pomace—the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[1][2] The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!"[2]

The plant was effectively cut off from Coca-Cola headquarters during the war. After the war, The Coca-Cola Company regained control of the plant, formula, and the trademarks to the new Fanta product—as well as the plant profits made during the war.
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BMW 803 experimental engine, designed for 3800hp

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The BMW 803 was BMW's attempt to build a high-output aircraft engine by coupling two BMW 801 engines back-to-back, driving contra-rotating propellers. The result was a 28-cylinder, four-row radial engine, each comprising a multiple-bank in-line engine with two cylinders in each bank, which, due to cooling concerns, were liquid cooled

Aircraft projected for BMW 801/802/803
The engine was intended to be used only on the largest of designs, notably the Focke-Wulf Fw 238, the Focke-Wulf Ta 400 six-engined Amerika Bomber design competition competitor, and other large bombers. The big, 6-BMW 801-engined Ta 400 was proposed in 1942 as an upgraded version of the never-produced Focke-Wulf Fw 300, and was meant to compete directly against the Messerschmitt Me 264, Junkers Ju 390, and later the Heinkel He 277 — itself meant to be powered by only a quartet of 1,470 kW (1,973 hp) output BMW 801E radials from the start[6] — for the May 1942-approved Amerika Bomber contract, for a trans-Atlantic range strategic bomber designed to attack New York City from European bases. The projected range was enough for the round trip from France to New York, but it was of course never realized. The Focke-Wulf firm even intended to use the BMW 803 powerplant for single-seat fighter design, and it also appeared on several Blohm & Voss designs as well. None of these designs was particularly inspiring, and as the engine never matured the project was cancelled.

Focke-Wulf FW 238:
http://www.luft46.com/fw/fw238.html
 
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