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What are the pointed narrow horizontal protrusions for on the outside of tank tracks?
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- SMBRLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Different tracked vehicles (not everything with a track is a tank) have different 'horizontal protrusions' on the track. Some are end-connectors that actually connect the different track block together. Others are where the track blocks overlap and are connected by a pin.
Either way, this 'protrusion' serves the very vital function of meshing the track into the final drive sprocket which is actually what makes the vehicle move.
Source(s): 28 years Armored Cavalryman - 1 decade ago
It's kinda like a clamp that keeps the tracks together with a bolt on top and a square shaped nut underneath.
