This is a list of all German motors including all aircraft engines, rocket motors, jets and any other powerplants, along with a very basic description. It includes experimental engines as well as those that made it to production status.
The Reich Air Ministry used an internal designation system that included a prefix number signifying the engine type, 9 for piston engines and 109 for jets and rockets, followed by a manufacturer's code, followed by an engine series number.[1] Unlike the 9-prefixed piston engine designations, the 109-series of reaction-thrust, turbojet, turboprop and rocket engine designation numbers' three-place numerical suffixes had no "firm adherence" to any one manufacturer.
Using this system, the famous BMW engine used in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 would be known as the 9-801 (Piston(9)-BMW(8)Number(01)). However, this system was not widely used, even within the RLM, and a common name consisting of the manufacturer's name (often abbreviated) followed by the model number was much more common. The list below uses the common BMW 801 instead of the official 9-801.
Engines produced before the RLM's designation system was set up are often listed using the same basic terminology. So while the interwar Argus 10 engine can be referred to as the As 10, it is not correct to call it the 9–10, this designation was never applied.
The Luftwaffe also used engines from France, particularly the Gnôme-Rhône 14 cylinder series of radial engines for its Henschel Hs 129 (14M) ground attack aircraft and Messerschmitt Me 323 (14N) "Gigant" transporter.
Daimler-Benz DB 602 16-cylinder diesel powered the two Hindenburg class airships
Daimler-Benz DB 603 "enlarged DB601" (largest displacement German inverted V12) for use in bombers and fighter-bombers, little fighter use
Daimler-Benz DB 604 prototype 24-cylinder (X-24) engine, cancelled in September 1942
Daimler-Benz DB 605 improved and slightly enlarged DB601 for use in fighters
Daimler-Benz DB 606 First conceived in February 1937; composed of twinned DB 601 engines, a 1.5 tonne weight coupled "power system", derided as a "welded-together engine" by Goering in August 1942
Daimler-Benz DB 613 First conceived in March 1940; two coupled "power system" DB603 engines, total weight of 1.8 tonnes apiece, as with the 606 and 610, experimental only
Daimler-Benz DB 614 development of the DB 603G, 2000 hp. Abandoned June 1942
Daimler-Benz DB 615 consisted of two coupled DB 614 engines. 4000 hp. Abandoned in June 1942.
Jumo 222 key engine program for German military aircraft: experimental 24-cylinder supercharged liquid-cooled "star" (6 banks, of 4 cylinders apiece) aircraft engine; nearly 300 examples built
(Rocket engines, turboprops, turbojets, and other non-piston engines included) For the Last three digits: 001-499 Air Breathing, 500–999 Non-Air Breathing (Rockets)
109-448BMW-built liquid-fuel rocket, intended for the Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile
109-500Walter, self-contained Starthilfe monopropellant RATO unit, jettisonable following take-off with parachute recovery
109-501 Walter, an experimental uprated Starthilfe RATO unit similar to the -500 model, but with 1,500 kgf (3,300 lb) thrust that also used a kerosene/hydrazine-base fuel with the T-Stoff[2]
