# driving band

> artillery shell component which forms a seal to prevent gas from blowing past the shell, and engages the rifling to give the projectile spin stabilization

**Wikidata**: [Q253898](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253898)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_band)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/driving-band


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013