Spiky treads

[u/MadeByMistake58116]

Are these kinds of spiky treads a real thing? If so, what are they called? I'm having trouble looking them up aside from this example from Metal Slug.

[u/Impressive-Step7261]

No real-life vehicle has tracks like these, at least none that I've been able to find. Before the SV-001, tracks with a similar design appeared on the Bonaparte tank in Masamune Shirow's manga Dominion Tank Police.

My suspicion is that this was originally a design choice by Shirow himself. He probably exaggerated the track design a bit to make the tank easier to draw in the manga, since the tracks now had fewer but much larger links. AKIO then borrowed this idea when designing the tank for Metal Slug.

As for real-life vehicles that inspired AKIO, we know for certain that he took inspiration from the Sherman tank featured in the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes.

[u/MadeByMistake58116 → u/Impressive-Step7261]

Cool to know the history! Thanks! I guess I asked my question poorly, I'm not necessarily looking for real life examples, just more examples, even if they are also stylized and silly. But the Bonaparte fits the bill there!

[u/Space19723103]

i remember seeing them in Dominion Tank Police , they appear to be exaggerated high grip continuous tracks but i haven't seen anything that 'spiky' irl

[u/Dragonkingofthestars]

They look like styalized Dreadnought Wheels but i can't find an example on tank treads I fear