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An agricultural tractor with rubber tracks, mitigating soil compaction A Russian tracked vehicle designed to operate on snow and swamps A British Army Challenger 1 tank. Continuous track or tracked treads are a system of vehicle propulsion used in tracked vehicles, running on a continuous band of treads or track plates driven by two or more ...
Tank steering systems allow a tank, or other continuous track vehicle, to turn. Because the tracks cannot be angled relative to the hull (in any operational design), steering must be accomplished by speeding one track up, slowing the other down (or reversing it), or a combination of both.
Protrusions molded into rubber tractor tire treads are known as lugs, as are cleats for round wheels, [citation needed] which perform a similar function. Unlike metal grousers, these rubber tire treads or crawler-track shoes/pads may be more suitable for driving on roads. [7] Grousers on a captured World War I British tank.
In cracking what a giant futuristic tank would sound like, Aadahl noticed there was a void in the tread of the tank. Edwards explained the wheels were not connected to anything — it was almost ...
Christie-derived suspension on Polish 10TP tank: roadwheel (1), spring (2) and arm (3) T3E2 tank with Christie suspension crossing an obstacle during tests in 1936 The Christie suspension is a suspension system developed by American engineer J. Walter Christie for his tank designs.
Tracked treads better distribute weight than wheels and allow a vehicle to cross more types of terrain — an especially important quality for heavy vehicles whose weight is measured in many tons ...
During the Second World War, large caltrop-shaped objects made from reinforced concrete were used as anti-tank devices, although it seems that these were rare. [24] Much more common were concrete devices called dragon's teeth, which were designed to wedge into tank treads. Large ones weighing over 1 tonne (1.1 tons) are still used defensively ...
The Kettenkrad started its life as a light tractor for airborne troops. The vehicle was designed to be delivered by Junkers Ju 52 aircraft, though not by parachute. The vehicle had the advantage of being the only gun tractor small enough to fit inside the hold of the Ju 52, and was the lightest mass-produced German military vehicle to use the complex Schachtellaufwerk overlapped and ...