DB 600 Info

1934. DB600 prototypes running. Oct 1935. Genshagen engine factory funded by RLM. Feb 1937. First production model DB600 engine. Jun 1937. Genshagen engine factory has 5,813 workers. Nov 1937. 65 x DB600 and 19 x DB601 engines produced. Jul 1938. DB600 engine production ends in favor of the DB601.

Daimler-Benz management wanted to produce DB601 engines from the beginning (1937). RLM insisted on tooling the factory for DB600 engines. Daimler-Benz considered this a waste of money as they had to retool to some extent for the DB601 engine. One of many disagreements between RLM and Daimler-Benz management.