The Kawasaki Ha40, also known as the Army Type 2 1,100 hp Liquid Cooled In-line and Ha-60, was a license-built Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted-vee aircraft engine. The Imperia
Preserved Daimler-Benz DB 601.
DB 601A, partially sectioned (right side)
Ha40 at the National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby.
Ha40 detail, National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby.
The Aichi AE1A Atsuta was a Japanese licensed version of the German Daimler-Benz DB 601A 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted-vee aircraft engine. The Atsuta powered only two models of Imperial Japanese
Kawasaki Ha40
…engines was placed in February 1937. A manufacturing license was granted to Aichi for the production of this engine for the Imperial Japanese Navy as the Atsuta and to Kawasaki for production of this engine for the IJAAS as the Ha40. Under the 1944 Unified System, this engine was re-designated as the Kawasaki…
Aichi Atsuta, a license-built DB 601