How a mortar works?

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Originally Posted by Targan

I reckon a viable alternative to wood for the sabots would be something along the lines of paper mache. Much easier and quicker to produce and much lighter (always a good feature in a sabot). Expanding foam or carved styrofoam would be even better but not necessarilly as easy to find the raw materials.

I would think discarded styrofoam or styrofoam from wrecked stuff would be blowing around all over the T2K world. You can find it all over even now.