Originally designed as a weapon to sling white phosphorus and chemical agents into the frontline with speed, the Nebelwerfer 41 found itself as yet another piece of rocket artillery in the Eastern Front. Its rockets were unusual in that their exhaust was located in the middle, and the bursting charge on the back. This allowed the Nebelwerfer rocket to burst above the ground, though it was much more complicated to manufacture than its contemporaries, and also spin-stabilised (which incurred a similar problem). The Nebelwerfer 41 was abandoned when the war ended, and many of them sold off as expendable high-explosive rocket jugs of death.