The BMW IV was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. Power was in the 180kW (250hp) range.

World record

On 17 June 1919 Franz Zeno Diemer flew a DFW F37, powered by a BMW IV engine to an unofficial world record height of from Oberwiesenfeld, reaching that altitude in 89 minutes. Diemer stated at the time, "I could have gone much higher, but I didn't have enough oxygen."

Applications

• Arado SC I

• Albatros L 72

• Albatros L 74

• Caspar C 27

• DFW F37

• Heinkel HD 22

• Heinkel HD 24

• Heinkel HD 39

• Junkers A 35

• Junkers F 13

• LFG V 59

• LFG V 60

• Polikarpov R-1 BMW (Soviet unlicensed copy of Airco DH.9A)

• Kalinin K-Series

• Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe

• Rohrbach Ro VIII Roland I

• Type 91 Heavy Tank

• Type 95 Heavy Tank

Specifications

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