Mine Resistant Band Track

Abstract

A band track for a tracked vehicle having enhanced resistance to mines includes a plurality of track pad units disposed on the bearing surface of the track band. The track pad units have extended end walls of sufficient height to distanced the vulnerable portion of the band track from the shearing force of an exploding mine. These end walls are sufficiently strong to support the vehicle as it traverses terrain, but are configured to collapse in controlled manner under the force of an exploding mine. Such explosion forces a specifically configured front end wall of a trailing track pad to engage the matingly configured end wall of the leading track pad. The resulting mating juxtaposition of the adjacent end walls forms a relatively continuous physical barrier protecting the vulnerable section of the band track from shrapnel and other entrained ejecta of the explosion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 04, 2008
Accession Number
ADD020390

Entities

People

  • Rene G. Gonzalez

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Collapse
  • Contracts
  • Explosions
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Monitoring
  • Resistance
  • Security
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • United States
  • Vehicles

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.