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Zepelin (facts) 9 years 9 months ago #197474

gonner Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 71 Thank you received: 27	i got bored so i went to watch a video www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/zeppelin-terror-attack.html PLZZZZZZZZZ watch it its very interesting FYI( are little bullets would just make holes in the zepelins in dogfight ) if you liked it rePLY see you in the air all! Gonner woosh gone The following user(s) said Thank You: Slash, WB\|War hawk1-5
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Zepelin (facts) 9 years 9 months ago #197538

111th\|On_Wings_oF Offline Premium Member Posts: 108 Thank you received: 91	I've seen that before I liked it. Goes to show it's harder to shoot one down then expected. Also amazing that it took a quarter million cows to make one! The following user(s) said Thank You: gonner
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Zepelin (facts) 9 years 9 months ago #197654

gonner Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 71 Thank you received: 27	wonder how much on zep cost ??? they should have special planes to shoot them down in DF and some to protect Gonner woosh gone
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Zepelin (facts) 9 years 6 months ago #218070

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the zeppelin is over 600 feet long, and it took a 1/4 million animals intestine to make the hydrogen bags , to build just one and there were 13 of them to date they still are the largest thing to ever fly and zeppelin it the last name of the man who design it in the beginning of the 1900 a regular bullet would not shoot it down so a incendiary bullet was design to set the hydrogen bags on fire

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Zepelin (facts) 9 years 6 months ago #218088

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The incendiary bullets also didn't work, since they made small holes, there wasn't enough air in the hydrogen to cause it to ignite.

Then they started mixing exploding and incendiary rounds. After that they had some luck, but it still took concentrated fire to rip the bladders open, mix enough oxygen in and then ignite the mix.

The little observations balloons were easier (but still one of the most difficult tasks for a pilot due the the amount of defenses places around them)