Did WWI Zeppelins have Guns?

Others have answered about guns on the zeppelins. It's actually rather hard to take down a zeppelin, surprisingly. Even incendiary bullets failed to take them down, and zeppelins were riddled with bullet holes. read more

From Z 17 to LZ 112, almost all those Zeppelins were used in bombing missions or recon mission (or both) during WW1, and heavily armed when they did did that. List of Zeppelins - Wikipedia The Zeppelin LZ 54 is a good example. read more

Although the zeppelin was embraced by both the Germans and the Allies during World War I, the Germans made far more extensive use of the rigid, hydrogen-filled airships. The concept of "strategic bombing"—targeted airstrikes on a particular location—didn't exist before the conflict. read more

Although artillery guns were used against the airships they had little effect. In May 1916 fighter planes armed with incendiary bullets were used to attack the Zeppelins. The incendiary bullets pierced the Zeppelins and ignited the hydrogen gas they were filled with. read more