Editing V12 engine (section)

== Usage in armoured fighting vehicles ==
[[File:ChryslerV12TankEngine.jpg|thumb|right |1943 ''Chrysler A65'' prototype tank engine]]

The V12 is a common engine configuration for tanks and other [[armoured fighting vehicle]]s. Some examples are:
* German [[List of WWII Maybach engines|HL120TRM]] gasoline engine, used on World War II [[Panzer III]], [[Panzer IV]] and other tanks based on their chassis. The [[Maybach HL230]] and its variants was used on the [[Panther tank|Panther]], [[Tiger II]], [[Jagdpanther]], [[Jagdtiger]] (HL230 P30), then [[Tiger I]] and [[Sturmtiger]] which used the HL230 P45.
* British [[Rolls-Royce Meteor]] petrol engine (derived from the ''Rolls-Royce Merlin'' aero-engine) used in the World War II [[Cromwell tank]] and [[Comet tank]], and later in the [[Centurion tank]] and [[Conqueror tank]]. The [[Challenger 2]] tank was powered by the ''Perkins CV12-6A'' {{convert|26.6|L|cuin|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine.
* Soviet [[Kharkiv model V-2]] diesel engine, used in the World War II [[T-34|T-34 tank]], [[Kliment Voroshilov tank]]s and [[IS-2|IS-2 heavy tank]]. Model V-44 12-cyl. 38.88 L diesel used on the late-war [[T-44]]. V-12 diesel engine used on [[T-72]], basically supercharged version of [[Kharkiv model V-2|V-2]].
* American [[Continental AV1790]] engine, produced in gasoline and diesel variants, used on all versions of the [[Patton tank]] and on the [[M103 heavy tank]]. A prototype ''Chrysler A65'' V12 engine was tested in the M4 Sherman tank in 1943, but it did not reach production.<ref>{{cite web |title=#68 The Chrysler Engine that could have been: The A-65 V12, Chrysler's home designed tank motor |url= http://www.theshermantank.com/sherman/68-the-chrysler-engine-that-could-have-been-the-a-65-v12-chryslers-home-designed-tank-motor/ |website=theshermantank.com |date= 6 August 2017 |access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chrysler builds Sherman, Pershing, and M3 tanks for the Arsenal of Democracy |url= https://www.allpar.com/history/military/arsenal-of-democracy.html |website=allpar.com |access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>
*French Poyaud V12XS25 diesel engine used on the [[AMX-40]]. The Maybach HL 295 (reiteration of Maybach HL234, a later version of the [[Maybach HL230]]) was also used on the [[AMX-50]] heavy tank.
*Japanese [[Mitsubishi]] SA12200VD air-cooled V-12 diesel engine used on the [[Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank]]. A 	Mitsubishi Type 100 air-cooled V-12 diesel was also used on the [[Type 4 Ho-Ro]] [[self-propelled gun]].