Did they have advantages or disadvantages
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Could u plz give me a good website with good information Thnk uWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: They flew really high - above the British and French Biplane's operational ceilings!. They were quiet - because of the height, so, in the dark, they could sneak up on their targets, and they scared the hell out of people!. It took, as Smiling pointed out, the development of phosphorus tipped bullets to counter their threat!. Once the British had these, and anti-aircraft artillery, it was all over for the Zeppelin as a weapon of war, and they were withdrawn in mid 1917!. See: http://www!.aviation-history!.com/articles!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Initially, they had great advantages in that they arrived unseen (pre radar, remember) and were already at considerable altitude which meant that is was very difficult for (relatively slow) biplanes to intercept them!. And contrary to what some other idiot has written, there were no meaningful anti-aircraft guns around at the time!. The first guy to "shoot" down a Zeppelin (aargh, can't remember his name - begins with Y) actually bombed it out of the sky!. He received the VC!. Later as interception techniques improved, several Zeppelins were shot down, and it was rather forcefully demonstrated that flying into a war zone beneath a large quantity of hideously-inflammable hydrogen was really not a good idea!. Www@QuestionHome@Com very simply!.!.!. They scared the hell out of the public in the UK and casued civillian deaths = good but Slow, easy to shoot down, inaccurate, got lost easily, difficult to moor, full of explosive hydrogen!. Overall had little effect on the war and were quickly outdated by planes!. Try wikipedia and google your entire question for more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They were quiet and they held a lot of bombs!. They flew almost as fast as the planes did, so it was hard for the planes to catch up with them!. Once the Germans couldn't get helium, they used hydrogen!. Then the Brits used phosphorus laced bullets and easily shot them down!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Dude, I don't think Led Zeppelin was alive then!.Www@QuestionHome@Com flack guns took them out pretty easilyWww@QuestionHome@Com |