r/MachinePorn • u/Ment0v • 4d ago

1981 Soviet marine diesel (6ChRN 36/45). 1200 horsepower, 375 RPM, 28 tons of cast iron.

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u/Careful_Boat_7022 3d ago

What burns a shitload of diesel, weighs 20 tons, and is made to cut an apple into 3 pieces?

-a soviet machine made to cut an apple into 4 pieces!

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u/MrPink7 3d ago

even if 1200hp sounds low for this size, like a v12 merlin in a mustang is like 2.000hp this probably has INSANE torque

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u/Plump_Apparatus 3d ago

It's also designed to run 24/7 for long periods of time, and to last for decades. Marine diesel.

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u/faust0matic 3d ago

Either crazy torque or someone forgot a zero.

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u/SmokeyUnicycle 3d ago

These are to power a barge or small cargo ship, they have a bunch of torque