Daimler-Benz DB 605 - Variants

Variants

Production versions

• DB 605 A(M) Standard fighter engine, up to 1475 PS, 605 AM with MW-50 system up to 1800 PS
  • DB 605 B Same as 605 A but for use in twin-engined aircraft like Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210 (different prop/gear ratio)
• DB 605 AS(M) Altitude optimized version of 605 A using the larger DB 603 supercharger, up to 1435 PS, ASM with MW-50 system and up to 1800 PS
  • DB 605 ASB(M) Altitude optimized late-war version of 605 AS using B4 fuel, ASBM with MW-50 system and up to 1800 PS
  • DB 605 ASC(M) Altitude optimized late-war version of 605 AS using C3 fuel, ASCM with MW-50 system and up to 2000 PS

• DB 605 DM First DB 605 D version, standard MW-50 equipment, up to 1700 PS
  • DB 605 DB Improved 605 DM, standard MW-50 equipment, first version up to 1850 PS, later reduced to 1800 PS, B4 fuel
  • DB 605 DC Improved 605 DM, standard MW-50 equipment, up to 2000 PS, C3 fuel

• DB 610 Two DB 605 "coupled" (geared together) as a "power system", to work on a single propeller shaft for use in Heinkel He 177, up to 2950 PS (71.53L / 4364.8in3) with mirror-imaged starboard component engine supercharger.

Prototype/pre-production versions

• DB 605 BS proposed version for twin-engined aircraft, derived from DB 605 AS
• DB 605 E proposed version for twin-engined aircraft, derived from DB 605 D
• DB 605 L Similar to 605 D but with two-stage supercharger, 2000+ PS

• DB 616

A development of the DB 605.

• DB 620 Coupled DB628 engines.
• DB 621 A projected two stage supercharged DB605
• DB 625 A turbocharged DB605
• DB 628 The DB 605, fitted with a two-stage supercharger, abandoned in March 1944.

Note: All power ratings in PS (metric horsepower). Unless otherwise noted takeoff/emergency power at sea level.