 To maximize the chance of a strike, all five rounds were discharged as rapidly as possible, giving the "string of flaming onions" effect.Because larger caliber anti-aircraft rounds were fired more slowly, this gun's rapid rate of fire and the perspective from the pilot's seat, left many fliers thinking that the rounds were chained together or otherwise attached by strings of wire, and they feared being shredded by it.Because all launchers were located well behind the lines, none were captured until the last days of the war on the Western Front.