Patent ID: 7445299

Claim:
In a band track for a tracked vehicle, the improvement comprising a track pad disposed on an outer surface of a band body of the band track, the track pad comprising: a plurality of track pad units, each unit having a bearing surface, a front end wall contiguous between the outer surface of the band track and a front edge of the bearing surface, and a rear end wall disposed opposite the front end wall contiguous between the outer surface of the track body and a back edge of the bearing surface, the front and rear end walls being of only such width sufficient to support the vehicle as it traverses terrain but sufficiently narrow to collapse under the force of an exploding mine, wherein the front end wall curves in an are which is convex relative to the forward direction of movement of the track and the rear end wall curves in an arc which is concave relative to the forward direction of movement of the track, the arcs of the front and rear end walls configured to matingly nest with each other under the compressive force of the explosion of a mine.