arantxa Posted 24 October , 2023 Share Posted 24 October , 2023 I’m not a mechanical person ….but wondered if this could be a Tank Engine …it looks rather like the ones on line did they use the same engines in other machines ? maybe it’s something completely else Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peregrinvs Posted 25 October , 2023 Share Posted 25 October , 2023 Aircraft engine. The part sticking out at the bottom connects to the propeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 25 October , 2023 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2023 Thank you shows how much I know about engines !!! I took lots of pictures thinking it was a tank *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peregrinvs Posted 25 October , 2023 Share Posted 25 October , 2023 Possibly a Mercedes D.III engine. I’d guess the lower crankcase was made of aluminium which has rotted away. https://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/mercedes-engine/daimler-mercedes-d-iii-series-engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 25 October , 2023 Share Posted 25 October , 2023 8 minutes ago, peregrinvs said: Possibly a Mercedes D.III engine. I’d guess the lower crankcase was made of aluminium which has rotted away. https://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/mercedes-engine/daimler-mercedes-d-iii-series-engine Good shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 28 October , 2023 Share Posted 28 October , 2023 May I ask where you found this engine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 28 October , 2023 Share Posted 28 October , 2023 Going slightly off topic, a derivative of the WW1 Liberty L-12 aero engine was used in British tanks during WW2, latterly being fitted to the Centaur. This was replaced in turn by the Meteor, a version of the Merlin adapted for tanks. Any Centaur retrofitted with a Meteor was then designated a Cromwell tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 28 October , 2023 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2023 The engine was sitting at the back of a museum in France that I went to last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 28 October , 2023 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2023 That’s interesting about the engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Posted 29 October , 2023 Share Posted 29 October , 2023 (edited) I believe this is a 180 hp Opel Argus AS III engine that was used in the German Albatros fighter of WW1. The cylinder blocks have exactly the right shape for the Argus engine. The one below is in the National Air Space Museum in Washington DC Edited 29 October , 2023 by Spaceman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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