Zvezda M503 Explained

The Zvezda M503 (built at AO Zvezda at St Petersburg) is a maritime 7 bank, 42 cylinder diesel radial engine built in the 1970s by the Soviet Union. Its primary use was in Soviet missile boats that used three of these engines.

This engine may have had other applications, but due to its extreme weight (5400kg (11,900lb)), it would have been limited to ground or naval applications.

A German tractor pulling team designed a vehicle, named "Dragon Fire", around a methanol-fueled version of this engine;^[1] this modified^[2] engine is said to weigh 3200kg (7,100lb) including the gearbox, for use in the 4.5 ton tractor pulling class, making 8000hp at 2,500 rpm.

Zvezda engines

AO Zvezda

• Zvezda M503, M533, M520 B
• Zvezda M504 56 cylinders
• Zvezda M401 V12 marine turbodiesel engine
• Zvezda M150 Pulsar V12 800 kW < 1,8 - 3 MW
• ZE1600KZ ZE Energetika 4,8 MW V8 V12 < 3 - 5 or 7 MW
• Zvezda M507 2 × 56 = 112 cylinders
• Zvezda M501

KMZ RD production

• ADG1000 ADG6000, 68B 68G, 85D 86B 86G at KMZ - RD and UDMZ
• TM-300 inline 6 (460 hp 200 350 kW) ^[3] or 8
• various V12 V16 and V18 from 3 5 MW 58D/A/E up to 8 9 MW
• 68B, 68G, 85D 86B 86G 8,8 MW V18

Comparable engines

• Napier Deltic

References

• Web site: Old Machine Press . William Pearce . Yakovlev M-501 and Zvezda M503 and M504 Diesel Engines . 5 September 2016 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dragon fire . May 16, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100726075550/http://www.kiepenkerl-team.com/dragon_fire.htm . July 26, 2010 .
2. Web site: Motoren: KRAMP. SO GEHT EINFACH . www.kramp.com . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713170531/http://www.kramp.com/info/index.php?id=2370 . 13 July 2011 . dead.
3. Web site: КМЗ запустил в производство рядный дизель серии ТМ-300.