Abstract: A V-type 4-stroke internal combustion engine having 20 cylinders, having a counterclockwise or clockwise direction of rotation, comprising a crankshaft with a torsional vibration damper and a flywheel arranged on the crankshaft, wherein the crankshaft has crank throws forming a crank star, wherein in each case the piston rods of the two cylinders of a V-segment are connected to the same crank throw, wherein the crank throws C1 to C10 have one of the following angular sequences in the direction of rotation of the engine when seen from the side of the flywheel, with the crank throws numbered as C1 to C10 when starting from the side of the flywheel: (i) C1-C9-C4-C6-C3-C10-C2-C7-C5-C8, (ii) C1-C8-C5-C7-C2-C10-C3-C6-C4-C9, (iii) C1-C9-C5-C7-C3-C10-C2-C6-C4-C8, (iv) C1-C9-C7-C3-C6-C10-C2-C4-C8-C5, (v) C1-C7-C5-C8-C2-C10-C4-C6-C3-C9, (vi) C1-C9-C7-C3-C5-C10-C2-C4-C8-C6, (vii) C1-C6-C8-C4-C2-C10-C5-C3-C7-C9, (viii) C1-C5-C8-C4-C2-C10-C6-C3-C7-C9, (ix) C1-C8-C4-C6-C2-C10-C3-C7-C5-C9.