Naval guns on an airship?

[Shtudmuffin]

So, I thought I'd look into the logic behind a rather popular cliche in Alternative History. Feel free to move this if it doesn't belong in this thread. In case none of you know what I'm talking about, I'm going to borrow a picture from a TL of fellow AH.com member Color-Copycat:





So, how exactly would a zeppelin survive the recoil of massive naval weapons like the ones mounted on the airship in the configuration above? Wouldn't the recoil cause damage to the structure, or, at the very least, flip the zeppelin over or push it around like a feather? It seems to me that the recoil from a 15-inch naval gun could easily cause problems in a craft lighter than air itself. So, my questions are:

1) Would an airship of that size (or any size at all) be able to survive the recoil of naval guns usually reserved for battleships? Could the ship possibly be weighted to survive the recoil?

2) If so, would there be a more optimal arrangement for those guns to allow more accurate engagement of ground an naval forces as well as other airships?

3) If not, then what is the maximum size gun a ship like that could survive the recoil of? What would be their optimal arrangement?

4) Could lighter-weight armor theoretically be applied onto an airship to give it greater survivability?



Keep in mind that this is all theoretical. I know airships are cliche and borderline ASB as AH vehicles, but I was just wondering.