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[Indigo]

Well, those flying saucers would probably be VTOL types, and judging from the 1945 aeronautic standards, VTOL is technically impossible.

But still, Nazi UFOs aren't that far fetched than mechs.

[Rattuskid]

The nazis had helicopters as early as the late 1930s which were basically just biplanes with two big props/engine setups out on stilts. Kinda like an autogyro without the front propellor.

That being said though, they could barely get their few-and-far-between jet technology working, yet alone devices that could make the Avro-saucer seem like something from the stoneage.

[Jeeves]

And yet the first helicopters were built in Austro-Hungry in 1917 (PKZ1, Oct.1917 in Budepest, PKZ2 1918)...
From their post-WWII stuff you'd have to doubt that they could build a prop-powered UFO, let alone jet...

[wilmet]

I think part of the problem is this sort of awe people have for Nazi technology: the tiger tanks are seen as almost invincible by some people, they had the first working jet fighters and missiles...

so anything seems possible for some

I heard this story that the first year he was in power, Hitler gave so much funding to his military that they weren't able to spend it all...I wonder what might have happened if the other major players in the war had had that level of funding for the same period

[Jeeves]

They can't have been very imaginative

[Verrückt]

Russia would have a gigantic commisar robot, lol.

[Andre27]

I can just imagine such a Robot. Face of Josef Staling, armed with Hammer and Sickle

[Rattuskid]

Yeah, but he'd never be used on the enemy, all the bot's time would be spent on squashing dissenters, deserters, Trotsky or any other Russians who ol' Joey loathed.

[LEGO]

when there is no so many Trotskists, he would also throw the Sputnik into orbit