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Re: Luftwaffe copy the Merlin
Hello,
As an interesting side note regarding copying of available equipment, the Swedes made a copy of the Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp called the STWC-3. This was done due to the U.S. embargo on war material to Sweden. The copy was made without hardly any access to drawings etc. They also converted it from inches to mm. Totally 434 engines were made. A retroactive licence arrangement was later made after the war, something never expected by the US, the American firm claiming nothing but a symbolic payment (reputedly a licenses fee of 1 Swedish krona). The engine was used in types including the SAAB B 17, SAAB B 18 and FFV J 22.
Best wishes/Håkan
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