Part 2 of 4 regarding engine blueprints from the US National Archives.
Record Group 331 Contained a collection of miscellaneous drawings, among them were full sets of blueprints for Maybach German tank engines.
Among the blueprints for the Maybach HL 234 were some files marked with “HL 232” and “HL 233/234”. The Maybach HL 232 was a fuel injected and supercharged version of the HL 230 family, pushing out 1100hp at 3000rpm. No data exists for the HL 233.
Part 1 of 4 regarding engine blueprints from the US National Archives.
Record Group 331 Contained a collection of miscellaneous drawings, among them were full sets of blueprints for Maybach German tank engines.
The following photographs are of the blueprints for the Maybach HL 230 P30 engine. This was the motor that powered the Panther and Tiger II. Later production Tigers used another variant of this engine, the P45. Maybach had desired to put the P30 into the Tiger, but this would have required modification to the hull of the tank, and with the Tiger II going into production, was seen as a waste of time.
One of the first things I came by at the US National Archives was a report on the capture of a German aircraft factory/airfield. I didn’t take pictures of the entire report as I was focusing on specific tank-related information, but I did take a few pictures of the included photographs. About a dozen incomplete He-162s and a Fw-190A.
Riased Bussians 