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The BMW 109-718 was a liquid-fuelled rocket engine developed by BMW at their Bruckmühl facility, in Germany during the Second World War.
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- ↑ Zaloga, Steven (2008). German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781846032479.
