A V12engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V12 engines
up to 1,900 m (1.2 mi).[citation needed] The T-34 was powered by a Model V-2-34 38.8 L V12 Diesel engine of 500 hp (370 kW), giving a top speed of 53 km/h
The car was fitted with a 6.4-litre Jaguar-TWR V12engine based on a 6.0-litre V12engine. The engine had a revised steel crankshaft and specially designed
inverted V-12 aircraft engine. It was a liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted V12 enlargement of the DB 601, which was in itself a development of the DB 600