Did Zeppelins have advantages in World War 1?

Question

Did they have advantages or disadvantages

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Answer 1

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.  

Answer 2

flack guns took them out pretty easily

Answer 3

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 h**l 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the British had these, and anti-aircraft artillery, it was all over for the Zeppelin as a weapon of war, and they were withdrawn in mid 1917.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...

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Dude, I don't think Led Zeppelin was alive then.

Answer 6

very simply...

They scared the h**l 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Overall had little effect on the war and were quickly outdated by planes.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.