List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War II

This is a list of all German Motors including all aircraft engines, rocket motors, jets and any other powerplants, along with a very basic description.

The RLM used an internal designation system that included a number signifying the engine type, 9 for piston engines and 109 for jets and rockets, followed by a manufacturer's code. Each company was assigned a block of numbers for their designs:

* 090-099 - various minor manufacturers
* 100-199 - Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH (BMW); later changed to 800 block
* 200-299 - Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke A.G.
* 300-399 - BMW-Flugmotorenwerke Brandenburg GmbH (BMW-Bramo)
* 400-499 - Argus-Motoren GmbH
* 500-599 - Heinkel Hirth Motoren GmbH
* 600-699 - Daimler-Benz A.G.
* 700-799 - Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G.
* 800-899 - Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH (BMW)

Using this system the famous BMW engine used in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 would be known as the 9-801. However this system was not widely used, even within the RLM, and a common name consisting of the manufacturer's name (often abbreviated) followed by the model number was much more common. The list below uses the common BMW 801 instead of the official 9-801.

Engines produced before the RLM's designation system was set up are often listed using the same basic terminology. So while the interwar Argus 10 engine can be referred to as the As 10, it is not correct to call it the 9-10, this designation was never applied.

The Luftwaffe also used engines from France, the Gnôme-Rhône at its Me-323 "Gigant" transporter.

:"(incomplete listings)"

Notable engines:

BMW 003
BMW 801
HWK 109-509

Piston Engines (Motors):

Argus Motoren

*Argus As 10 air-cooled, inverted V-8 engine
*Argus As 401 eight-cylinder
*Argus As 402
*Argus As 410 12-cylinder, air-cooled
*Argus As 411 larger development of the 410
*Argus As 412 H-block development of the 410
*Argus As 413

=Bayerische Motorenwerke=

*BMW 112 12-cylinder, (prototype)
*BMW 114 9-cylinder radial diesel, water-cooled (prototypes)
*BMW 116
*BMW 132 9-cylinder radial, air-cooled
*BMW 139 18-cylinder two-row radial, air cooled (prototype)

*BMW 801 14-cylinder two-row radial, air cooled
*BMW 802 experimental, 18-cylinder two-row radial
*BMW 803 expermiental, 28-cylinder liquid-cooled four-row radial
*BMW 804
*BMW 804

BMW-Bramo

*Bramo 323

Daimler-Benz

*DB 600 12-cylinder inverted-V
*DB 601 improved DB 600 with fuel injection
*DB 602
*DB 603 enlarged DB601 for use in bombers and fighter-bombers, little fighter use
*DB 604 (prototype)
*DB 605 improved and slightly enlarged DB601 for use in fighters
*DB 606 composed of twinned DB 601 engines, a coupled "power system"
*DB 607
*DB 609
*DB 610 composed of twinned DB 605 engines, a coupled "power system"
*DB 612
*DB 613 two coupled DB603 engines
*DB 614 24-cylinder
*DB 615
*DB 616
*DB 617
*DB 618
*DB 619
*DB 620
*DB 621 12-cylinder
*DB 622 12-cylinder
*DB 623 12-cylinder
*DB 624
*DB 625
*DB 626
*DB 627 12-cylinder
*DB 628 12-cylinder
*DB 629
*DB 630
*DB 631
*DB 632 12-cylinder

Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz

* DZ 710 16-cylinder horizontally opposed diesel
* DZ 720 H-block version of the 710

Hirth Motoren and Heinkel-Hirth

* HM 504 4...
* HM 506 6...
* HM 508 8...
* HM 512 and 12 cylinder air-cooled inverted inlines

Junkers Motoren

* Jumo 205 6-cylinder opposed liquid-cooled diesel
* Jumo 207 improved 205 with a turbocharger
* Jumo 208 prototype development of the 207
* Jumo 210 inverted V-12
* Jumo 211 inverted V-12, mostly for bomber use
* Jumo 213 improved, inverted V-12
* Jumo 222 expermiental 24-cylinder, four-row, liquid-cooled multibank "radial" engine
* Jumo 223 "box" engine made of four 207's
* Jumo 224 advanced development of the 223

Jet and Rocket Engines:

"(Rocket engines, turboprops, turbojets, and other non-piston engines included)"
"For the Last three digits: 001-499 Air Breathing, 500-999 Non-Air Breathing (Rockets)"

Air-Breathing:

"(turbojets, turboprops, pulsejets, .... )"

*Heinkel HeS 3
*109-001 Heinkel HeS 8
*109-002 BMW-Bramo 002
*109-003 BMW 003 turbojet
*109-004 Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet
*109-005 Porsche 005
*109-006 Junkers/Heinkel 006
*109-007 Daimler-Benz 007
*109-011 Heinkel HeS 11
*109-012 Junkers 012 - developed into the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine
*109-014 Argus As 014 pulsejet
*109-016 Daimler-Benz 016 turbojet
*109-018 BMW 018 turbojet
*109-021 Heinkel HeS 21 turboprop, (project)
*109-022 Junkers 022
*109-028 BMW 028, (project)
*109-044 Argus 044

Rockets

"(non-air breathing engines: liquid fuel rocket, solid fuel rocket)"
*109-500 Walter
*109-501 Walter, rocket (liquid fuel)
*109-502 Rheinmetall
*109-505 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-506 WASAG
*109-507 Walter
*109-508
*109-509 Walter HWK 109-509 liquid-fuel rocket
*109-510 BMW, 109-511 rocket (liquid fuel)
*109-511 BMW
*109-512 WASAG, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-513 Schmidding
*109-515 Rheinmetall, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-522 WASAG, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-528 BMW
*109-532 WASAG, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-533 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-543 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-515 Rheinmetall
*109-548 BMW
*109-553 Schmidding
*109-558 BMW, rocket (liquid fuel)
*109-559 Walter
*109-563 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-573 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-593 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-603 Schmidding, rocket (solid fuel)
*109-613 Konrad
*109-708 BMW
*109-718 BMW
*109-719 Walter
*109-729 Walter, rocket (liquid fuel)
*109-739 Walter

Other
* Walter R I-203
* Walter R II-203

Related:

"(note: orginzational standards for listings are sill in flux)"

See also: turbojet, turboprop, pulsejet, rocket, motor, internal combustion engine, WWII