Panzer IV projekt W 1466

Power Generation

The engine was an upgraded version of the slightly smaller HL210 engine, The HL210 was used to equip the first 250 Tiger I tanks built, and unlike the HL230 had an aluminium crankcase and block. The HL210 engine had a displacement of 21.353 L (1,303.0 cu in) or 1,779 cm³ per cylinder; bore 125 mm (4.9 in), stroke 145 mm (5.7 in).
The HL230 engine bore was increased from 125 mm to 130 mm. It had a displacement of 23.095 L (1,409.3 cu in) or 1,925 cm³ per cylinder; bore 130 mm (5.1 in), stroke 145 mm (5.7 in). The maximum output of 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) at 3,000 rpm. Maximum torque is 1850 Nm (1364.5 ft lbs) at 2,100 rpm. Typical output was 600 PS (592 hp, 441 kW) at 2,500 rpm.
The crankcase and block were made of grey cast iron and the cylinder heads from cast iron. The engine weighed 1200 kg and its dimensions were 1000 × 1190 × 1310 mm. Aspiration was provided by four twin-choke Solex type 52JFF carburettors. Ignition was by two magnetos. The compression ratio was 6.8:1. As was typical practice for Maybach, the engine used a tunnel crankshaft.
Late in the war the HL234 upgrade with fuel injection was recommended by the Entwicklungskommission Panzer for use in the underpowered Tiger II tank. The power output was expected to increase to between 800 and 900 PS (hp), and with supercharging to 1100 to 1200 hp. [1]
Approximately 9,000 HL230s were produced in total by Maybach, Auto Union and Daimler-Benz.

Weapons & Armament

The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German Panzer IV (F2 models onwards) medium tank and the Sturmgeschütz III and Sturmgeschütz IV assault guns (F models onwards).
The design of the KwK 40 was adapted from the similar towed anti-tank gun, the 7.5 cm Pak 40. It replaced the short-barrel 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 close-support gun, providing a huge improvement in firepower for mid-war tank designs. It came in two versions, with L/43 and L/48 barrel lengths, the former used during 1942 and early 1943, and the latter after that point. Along with the Pak 40, the KwK 40/StuK 40 was the most numerous anti-tank gun of the German army, and remained an effective weapon until the war's end.

Armor and defense

Maximum armor 80mm.

Sensors

Can be equipped with infrared scopes on the turret and driver's viewport.

Owning Organization

Reichskolonial: Könessiedler Loyless (German Colonials: King settler Loyless)

Beam

2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)

Length

5.92 metres (19 ft 5 in)

Height

2.68 m (8 ft)

Weight

26.7 tons

Complement / Crew

4