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Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.It is the district capital of the Bodensee district in the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg....
 GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial engines. It was a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler

Daimler Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany car corporation and automaker as well as the largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures trucks and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm....
 until 2006 when it was sold off to the EQT IV private equity fund. Roughly translated from the German, MTU stands for "Engine and Turbine Union".

History
The company was founded with the Maybach automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 manufacturer in the early part of the 20th Century. Daimler-Benz
Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and engines which was founded in 1926. An Agreement of Mutual Interest?which was valid until year 2000?was signed on May 1 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie....
 acquired the company in 1960 and later merged its aircraft and Diesel engine production under the name of MTU Friedrichshafen.






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MTU Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.It is the district capital of the Bodensee district in the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg....
 GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial engines. It was a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler

Daimler Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany car corporation and automaker as well as the largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures trucks and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm....
 until 2006 when it was sold off to the EQT IV private equity fund. Roughly translated from the German, MTU stands for "Engine and Turbine Union".

History


The company was founded with the Maybach automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 manufacturer in the early part of the 20th Century. Daimler-Benz
Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and engines which was founded in 1926. An Agreement of Mutual Interest?which was valid until year 2000?was signed on May 1 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie....
 acquired the company in 1960 and later merged its aircraft and Diesel engine production under the name of MTU Friedrichshafen. The company was paired with Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel

Detroit Diesel Corporation , is a diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA. There are today two individual divisions that share this name: the off-highway division which is owned by Tognum, which EQT Partners formed along with MTU Friedrichshafen, and the on-highway division which is owned by Daimler AG....
 as DaimlerChrysler's engine division.

MTU Friedrichshafen and Detroit Diesel's off-highway business was sold off in the first quarter of 2006 to allow DaimlerChrysler to focus only on motor vehicle manufacture. EQT has used both groups to form a new company, Tognum
Tognum

Tognum AG is the name of a German industrial concern, formed when private equity fund EQT Partners acquired several divisions of DaimlerChrysler....
.

The company manufactures diesel-engines for trains, ships, military vehicles, farming, mining and construction equipment as well as diesel-generators and very new Molten-carbonate fuel cell
Molten-carbonate fuel cell

Molten-carbonate fuel cells are high-temperature fuel cells, that operate at temperatures of 600?C and above.Molten carbonate fuel cells are currently being developed for natural gas and coal-based power plants for electrical utility, industrial, and military applications....
s.

Vehicles powered by MTU engines


Trains


  • Bombardier
    Bombardier Transportation

    Bombardier Transportation is the rail transport equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world?s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry....
     Turbostar
    Turbostar

    Turbostar is the name given to a series of diesel multiple units built by Bombardier Transportation at their Derby Carriage and Wagon Works Works in Derby, England....
    , and Talent
    Talent (train)

    The Talent is a multiple unit passenger train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation that was developed by Waggonfabrik Talbot in Aachen shortly before the company was acquired by Bombardier in 1995....
     DMUs.
  • InterCity 125
    InterCity 125

    The InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of carriages, and is capable of in regular service....
     (New engines for First Great Western
    First Great Western

    First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a United Kingdom List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales....
    , GNER (now National Express East Coast
    National Express East Coast

    National Express East Coast is the name under which the train operating company NXEC Trains Ltd operates the InterCity East Coast rail franchise, which includes services in England and Scotland along the East Coast Main Line....
    ), and CrossCountry
    CrossCountry

    CrossCountry is a train operating company, the brand name of XC Trains Limited owned by Arriva, that has operated Great Britain?s Cross Country rail franchise since 11 November 2007....
     fleets)
  • IE 22000 Class
    IE 22000 Class

    The 22000 Class "InterCity Railcar" is the latest Diesel multiple unit type to be introduced by Iarnr?d ?ireann in Republic of Ireland.In a new departure for Iarnr?d ?ireann they will be the first railcars to operate on express InterCity routes....
  • SNCF Class BB 75000
    SNCF Class BB 75000

    The SNCF BB 75000 are 4 axle diesel electric locomotives ordered in 2000 by SNCF for freight operations in order to renew its aging fleet,In Alstom's own technical documentation the locomotives are classified as Prima DE30BAC...
     and SNCF Class BB 60000
    SNCF Class BB 60000

    The SNCF class BB 60000 are a class of 4 axle heavy shunting and light freight diesel electric locomotives built at the Vossloh Espania works in Valencia Spain previously owned by Alstom...
  • NS DE 6400
    NS Class 6400

    The Nederlandse Spoorwegen Class 6400 diesel locomotives were built by Maschinenbau Kiel from 1988 to 1994. 120 of these locomotives were built, numbered 6401-6520....
  • Bombardier
    Bombardier Transportation

    Bombardier Transportation is the rail transport equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world?s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry....
     TRAXX
    TRAXX

    TRAXX is a family of electric locomotive and diesel locomotives built by Bombardier Transportation for railways in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Luxemburg, Poland and Spain....
     diesel
  • Siemens
    Siemens AG

    Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
     EuroRunner
  • Korail
    Korail

    Korea Railroad Corporation, promoted as Korail, is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea....
     Diesel Hydralic Car by "Saemaul" Train
  • Voith Gravita
    Voith Gravita

    The Voith Gravita locomotives are a new family of Diesel locomotive#Diesel-hydraulic built by Voith. Available in a range of configurations from 2 to 4 axle they are designed for shunting and light and medium freight operations....
     Locomotive family


Military vehicles


  • Armoured fighting vehicle
    Armoured fighting vehicle

    An armoured fighting vehicle is a military vehicle, protected by vehicle armour and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in rugged terrain....
    s
    • Tanks
      • Leopard 1 and Leopard 2
        Leopard 2

        The Leopard 2 is a Germany main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979. The Leopard 2 replaced the earlier Leopard MBT as the main battle tank of the German Army....
         tanks
      • TAM Tanque Argentino Mediano
        TAM (tank)

        The Tanque Argentino Mediano , or TAM, is the Tank classification#Main battle tank in service with the Argentine Army. Lacking the experience and resources to design a tank, the Argentine Ministry of Defense contracted German company Thyssen-Henschel....
      • Kanonenjagdpanzer
        Kanonenjagdpanzer

        The Kanonenjagdpanzer 4 - 5 was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. Its design was very similar to that of the World War II Jagdpanzer IV....
        , Raketenjagdpanzer 2
        Raketenjagdpanzer 2

        The Raketenjagdpanzer 2 or Raketenjagdpanzer SS-11 was a Germany tank destroyer of the cold war era equipped with SS.11 guided anti tank missiles....
        , Jaguar 1
        Jaguar 1

        The Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 1 was a Germany tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 and 1982 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into 316 Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system with a Euromissile HOT launcher and upgrading the vehicle armour....
        , Jaguar 2
        Jaguar 2

        The Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 2 was a Germany tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1983 to 1985, 162 Jaguar 2s were built for the Bundeswehr using obsolete Kanonenjagdpanzers by replacing the 90mm gun with a manually reloaded launcher for BGM-71 TOW missiles and more vehicle armour....
         tank destroyers
      • Israeli Merkava
        Merkava

        The Merkava is the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces. Since the early 1980s, four main versions have been deployed. The "Merkava" name was derived from the IDF's development program name....
         tank (The engine is license produced in the USA)
      • Korean K1 88-Tank
      • Indian Arjun
        Arjun MBT

        Arjun is a main battle tank developed by India's largest defense contractor, the Defence Research and Development Organization , for the Indian Army....
         tank (The engine is license produced in India)
    • Self-propelled artillery
      • Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard
        Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard

        For the World War II German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun see Flakpanzer 38The Flakpanzer Gepard is an autonomous, all-weather-capable Germany self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ....
         anti-aircraft gun
      • PzH 2000
        PzH 2000

        The Panzerhaubitze 2000 , abbreviated PzH 2000, is a Germany 155mm Self-propelled artillery developed by Krauss-Maffei and Rheinmetall for the German Army....
         and Palmaria
        Palmaria (artillery)

        The Palmaria is a type of Italy self-propelled artillery 155mm howitzer....
         155mm howitzers
      • Korean K-9
        K-9 howitzer

        The K-9 Thunder is an indigenous South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin....
         155mm howitzer
    • Infantry fighting vehicles
      • Marder
        Marder (IFV)

        The Marder is a Germany infantry fighting vehicle operated by the German Army as the main weapon of the Panzergrenadiere from the 1970s through the present day....
      • M113 (upgraded)
      • Piranha II
        Mowag Piranha

        The MOWAG Piranha is a family of armoured fighting vehicles designed and manufactured by the Switzerland MOWAG corporation . Four generations of vehicles have been produced, and variants include the Light Armoured Vehicle in service with many militaries....


Marine applications


  • Ships
    • Yachts
      • Rising Sun
        Rising Sun (yacht)

        Rising Sun is a huge yacht designed by the late Jon Bannenberg, and built by Germany L?rssen, is currently co-owned by Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, and David Geffen....
      • Indian Empress
        Indian Empress

        Indian Empress is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 311 feet 8 inches in length. Launched in 2000 as Al Mirqab, she was finished at the Oceanco yard in Holland to the design of the A Group after having had her hull assembled in Durban, South Africa....
      • Octopus
        Octopus (yacht)

        Octopus is currently the world's List of motor yachts by length superyacht, owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, to whom it was delivered in 2003....
      • Deva
        Schooner Etak

        The two-masted, gaff rig auxiliary schooner Etak was designed by New York Naval architecture Cox & Stevens in 1929 for American businessman Walter Graeme Ladd and his wife, Catherine Everit Macy Ladd....
      • No. 1
        No. 1 (yacht)

        No. 1 is the name of a sailing yacht which is power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from hydrogen fuel cells. It is the first ever yacht to be fuel cell-powered....
    • Ferries
      • Hawaii Superferry
        Hawaii Superferry

        The Hawaii Superferry is a Hawaii-based transportation company providing daily passenger and vehicle transportation between Honolulu Harbor on the island of Oahu and Kahului Harbor on Maui....
      • Sydney Ferries
        Sydney Ferries

        Sydney Ferries is a state owned corporation of the Government of New South Wales providing commuter ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River in Sydney, Australia....
    • Frigates and corvettes
      • Bremen class frigate
        Bremen class frigate

        The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy have been commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Netherlands Kortenaer class frigate but uses a different hull and propulsion system....
        s
      • Brandenburg class frigate
        Brandenburg class frigate

        The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of Germany frigates. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989 and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 to replace Hamburg class destroyers....
        s
      • Sachsen class frigate
        Sachsen class frigate

        The F124 Sachsen class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the Sachsen class frigate is based on that of the F123 Brandenburg class frigate but with enhanced stealth technology features intended to deceive any opponent's radar and acoustic sensors and incorporate also the advanced multifunction rad...
        s
      • Some PR-72P class corvette
        PR-72P class corvette

        PR-72P class corvettes are France-designed warships in service with the Peruvian Navy. Six units were ordered in 1976 by the Peruvian Navy from the Soci?t? Fran?aise de Construction Navale ....
        s
      • Lanzhou class destroyer
        Lanzhou class destroyer

        The Type 052C destroyer is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. The destroyers feature an Active Phased Array Radar-style active phased array radar system with four statically mounted antennas providing continuous 360-degree coverage and vertically launched HHQ-9 long-range surface-to-air missile....
        s (copy)
      • Anzac class frigate
        Anzac class frigate

        The ten Anzac class frigates are the major surface units of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy . They were based on a modified German MEKO design....
        s
      • Vasco da Gama class frigate
        Vasco da Gama class frigate

        Named in honor of the great Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the Vasco da Gama class is a class of frigates of the MEKO 200 German concept....
        s
      • Many other MEKO
        MEKO

        The MEKO family of warships was developed by the German company Blohm + Voss.MEKO is a registered trademark. The portmanteau stands for "Mehrzweck-Kombination" ....
         type frigates and corvettes
    • Small combatants
      • Turunmaa class gunboat
        Turunmaa class gunboat

        The Turunmaa class fast gunboats was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the Anti-submarine warfare and trade protection roles....
        s
      • Tiger class fast attack craft
        Tiger class fast attack craft

        The Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft is a modification of the France FACM Class La Combattante IIa design for the Bundesmarine . The La Combattante had been designed by L?rssen of Germany for Israel but was built in France by Constructions M?caniques de Normandie/Cherbourg for political reasons....
      • Albatros class fast attack craft
        Albatros class fast attack craft

        The Type 143 Albatros class was a Germany class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey.S61?S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader , and S66?S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader....
      • Gepard class fast attack craft
        Gepard class fast attack craft

        The Type 143A Gepard class is Germany's last class of missile bearing fast attack craft and the only one still in service with the Deutsche Marine since 1990....
    • Mine warfare ships
      • Frankenthal class mine hunter
        Frankenthal class mine hunter

        The Type 332 Frankenthal class mine hunter is a class of Germany mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln class minesweeper, but the equipment differs....
        s
      • Kulmbach class mine hunter
        Kulmbach class mine hunter

        The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines....
        s
      • Ensdorf class minesweeper
        Ensdorf class minesweeper

        The five minesweeper s of the German Navy's Type 352 Ensdorf class are former Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers that have been upgraded with the TROIKA PLUS system....
        s
      • Alta class minesweeper
        Alta class minesweeper

        The Alta class mine sweeper is a class of minesweeper operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy. The almost identical class of minehunting vessels is called Oks?y-class....
        s
    • Submarines
      • Type 206 submarine
        Type 206 submarine

        The Type 206 is a class of diesel-electric submarines developed by Howaldtswerke . Its design is based on the preceding Type 205 submarine class....
        s
      • Type 209 submarine
        Type 209 submarine

        Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export in the late 1960s by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany....
        s
      • Ula class submarine
        Ula class submarine

        The Ula class is a Norway submarine type which was assembled in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The class, consisting of 6 vessels, is currently the only submarine type in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy....
        s
      • Dolphin class submarine
        Dolphin class submarine

        The Dolphin class is a non-nuclear type of submarine developed and constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG , Germany for the Israeli Navy....
        s
      • Type 212 submarine
        Type 212 submarine

        The Germany Type 212 is a highly advanced design of non-nuclear submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG for the German Navy. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion system using Siemens AG proton exchange membrane hydrogen fuel cells....
        s
      • Type 214 submarine
        Type 214 submarine

        The Type 214 is a diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerk. It features diesel propulsion with an air-independent propulsion system using Siemens AG polymer electrolyte module hydrogen fuel cells....
        s


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