The BMW VI was a water-cooled V-12 aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. It was one of the most important German aero engines in the years leading up to World War II, with thousands built. It was further developed as the BMW VII and BMW IX, although these saw considerably less use. It was also produced in the Soviet Union as the M-17 and Japan as the Kawasaki Ha-9.
BMW VI
Front view of the BMW VI
BMW VI at the Technik-Museum Berlin
BMW VI head detail
A V12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V12 engines are more common than V10 engines. However, they are less common than V8 engines.
1991 Porsche 3512 Formula One engine
1904 Craig-Dörwald racing boat engine
Two large marine engines
1917 Liberty L-12 airplane engine