Uhuh, 'Ballistite cartrige' is just a fancy way of saying 'high preassure blank', since Ballistite is just a trade name for an early formula of smokeless.
Fun fact, the (almost) original formula of Ballistite is still used as rocket fuel.
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Another (and woefully out of date now) is an M26 grenade clipped onto a sleeve with vanes that slides over an adapter. This is then fired with a Ballistite cartridge (after the pin is pulled of course). On striking the ground the grenade springs loose allowing the arm to fly free - a few seconds later and BOOM.
Potentially this can be reused (with a new grenade of course) if it can be recovered. I don't know anything about manufacture of the ballistite though so couldn't say if this would be a problem in 2000.
This type of weapon would I think become more and more common as time dragged on as existing hand grenades can be used. Naturally they're useless against any for of armour, but as a replacement for underbarrel type grenade launchers and light mortars, they're likely to be very handy.
(A quick wiki search later and it looks like ballistite is dead simple!)
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