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mcarlsonus · 01-23-09, 12:37 PM

...and ultimately replaced by modified Fairbanks Morse and GM-Winton locomotive engines. The GM-Winton was a V-16, while the FM was a 9-10 piston opposed affair - there were two pistons per cylinder whose combustion chamber was the dished top of each piston. They moved toward and away from each other in the cylinder. Odd design for those familiar with your typical automotive internal combustion engine!
Yes - the HOR's were built under license from Germany's MAN. "Deliberately sabotaged?" Doubtful. More like "limited technology transfer." Like many military items, the stuff available for the export market, or available to be built under license, is limited as ones ultimate goal is to avoid a potential head-to-head with ones own most-current technology. Perhaps it's useful to point out that MAN propulsion units had been successfully utilized in marine applications and had been installed in early WW1-era U-Boats.

01-23-09, 12:37 PM	#1
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	HOR's were troublesome... ...and ultimately replaced by modified Fairbanks Morse and GM-Winton locomotive engines. The GM-Winton was a V-16, while the FM was a 9-10 piston opposed affair - there were two pistons per cylinder whose combustion chamber was the dished top of each piston. They moved toward and away from each other in the cylinder. Odd design for those familiar with your typical automotive internal combustion engine! Yes - the HOR's were built under license from Germany's MAN. "Deliberately sabotaged?" Doubtful. More like "limited technology transfer." Like many military items, the stuff available for the export market, or available to be built under license, is limited as ones ultimate goal is to avoid a potential head-to-head with ones own most-current technology. Perhaps it's useful to point out that MAN propulsion units had been successfully utilized in marine applications and had been installed in early WW1-era U-Boats.