Russian 122 mm shrapnel shell, which has been fired, showing rifling marks on the copper driving band around its base and the steel bourrelet nearer the front
A driving band or rotating band is a band of soft metal near the base of an artillery shell, often made of gilding metal,[1] copper, or lead. When the shell is fired, the pressure of the propellant swages the metal into the rifling of the barrel and forms a seal; this seal prevents the gases from blowing past the shell and engages the barrel's rifling to spin-stabilize the shell.
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A drivingband or rotating band is a band of soft metal near the base of an artillery shell, often made of gilding metal, copper, or lead. When the shell...
RDX and wax (90/10) Number of drivingbands: 1 Material of drivingband: sintered iron Shell diameter at drivingband: 77.4 mm (3.05 in) Shell body diameter:...
projectile that is used in conjunction with the projectile's drivingband, or rotating band, to stabilize its launch by keeping the fore part of the projectile...
three equal width drivingbands, wide square bottomed grease groove, and a plain base with sharp corners. The wide forward drivingband helps keep the bullet...
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50 in) long and is encircled by a welded overlay copper drivingband (rotating band) and obturator band, both protected during storage and transit by a polycarbonate...
other type; for instance, a BL shell relied upon the tight fit of its drivingband in the gun bore to prevent it slipping back when the gun was elevated...
coloring or colored band and be stamped with the word "range". Golf instruction Indoor golf Wikimedia Commons has media related to Driving ranges. "Practice...
three equal width drivingbands, wide square bottomed grease groove, and a plain base with sharp corners. The wide forward drivingband helps keep the bullet...
were loose, as its long-range accuracy was not an issue. Instead of a drivingband, the shell flared at its base and was machined to engage the rifling...
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base for sealing and extraction. Ackley Improved Improved cartridge Drivingband Fire forming Fluting Gas check Minié ball Glossary of firearms terminology...
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