It was a liquid-cooled upright V16, and powered the two Hindenburg-class airships.

It has roughly the same displacement and weight of the Beardmore Tornado, which was used in the ill-fated R101, but has almost twice the power of the Tornado, showing Daimler-Benz's superior knowledge regarding diesel engine construction.

The engine was modified into V20 MB 501 of 2000 hp that had a variety of applications.

[citation needed] A preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602 is on display at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.

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