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====1930s==== * 1933: [[Junkers (Aircraft)|Junkers Motorenwerke]] in Germany start production of the most successful mass-produced aviation diesel engine of all time, the [[Junkers Jumo 205|Jumo 205]]. By the outbreak of [[World War II]], over 900 examples are produced. Its rated take-off power is 645 kW.<ref name="Reif_2012_103" /> * 1933: General Motors uses its new roots-blown, unit-injected two-stroke Winton 201A diesel engine to power its automotive assembly exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair (''[[A Century of Progress]]'').<ref name="EuDaly_2016_160" /> The engine is offered in several versions ranging from {{cvt|600-900|hp|kW|0}}.<ref name="Kremser_1942_24" /> * 1934: The [[Budd Company]] builds the first diesel–electric passenger train in the US, the ''[[Pioneer Zephyr]] 9900'', using a Winton engine.<ref name="EuDaly_2016_160" /> * 1935: The [[Citroën Rosalie]] is fitted with an early [[swirl chamber injection|swirl chamber injected]] diesel engine for testing purposes.<ref name="Cole_2014_64" /> [[Daimler-Benz]] starts manufacturing the [[Mercedes-Benz OM 138]], the first mass-produced diesel engine for passenger cars, and one of the few marketable passenger car diesel engines of its time. It is rated {{cvt|45|PS|kW|0}}.<ref name="Kremser_1942_125" /> * 1936: March 4, the airship [[LZ 129 Hindenburg]], the biggest aircraft ever made, takes off for the first time. It is powered by four V16 Daimler-Benz LOF 6 diesel engines, rated {{cvt|1200|PS|kW|0}} each.<ref name="Waibel_2016_159" /> * 1936: Manufacture of the first mass-produced passenger car with a diesel engine ([[Mercedes-Benz 260 D]]) begins.<ref name="vFersen_1986_274" /> * 1937: [[Konstantin Chelpan|Konstantin Fyodorovich Chelpan]] develops the [[Kharkiv model V-2|V-2]] diesel engine, later used in the Soviet [[T-34]] tanks, widely regarded as the best tank chassis of World War II.<ref name="Tucker-Jones_2015_36" /> * 1938: [[General Motors]] forms the GM Diesel Division, later to become [[Detroit Diesel]], and introduces the [[Series 71]] [[Straight engine|inline]] high-speed medium-horsepower [[Two-stroke diesel engine|two-stroke]] engine, suitable for road vehicles and marine use.<ref name="FleetOwner_1964_107" />
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