- Source: Continental AV1790
The Continental AV1790 is an American V12 engine used in armored vehicles. Produced by Continental Motors, the AV1790 was used in a variety of limited production and pilot heavy tanks, including the M53 and M55 howitzers, and the T30 and M103 tanks.
There were also diesel versions (AVDS, Air Cooled, V-engine configuration, Diesel, Superturbocharged) for the M47, M48, and M60 Patton tanks, and the Swedish Stridsvagn 104 (British-built Centurions, re-engined with diesel engines in the 1980s).
Engines prefixes
The engine prefixes are:
A-Air cooled
V-Vee cylinder arrangement
D-Diesel
S-Supercharged
1790-Displacement in Cubic Inches
Specifications
= Gasoline versions
== Diesel versions
=References
Sources
Hunnicutt, R. P. Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank. Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1988. ISBN 0-89141-304-9
External links
Air Cooled Diesel Tank Engines by Teledyne Continental Motors
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tank Berat T30
- Continental AV1790
- Continental Aerospace Technologies
- Olifant (tank)
- Blastolene Special
- T29 heavy tank
- M46 Patton
- Tractor pulling
- T57 heavy tank
- T30 heavy tank
- M48 Patton