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They are called wheels or more, technically, correctly, they are called road wheels. These are the ones you see inside the "caterpillar" tracks. Their job is to support the weight of the vehicle.
The propulsion is generally created from the rear of the tracks via the drive sprocket (this is usually mounted above the line of road wheels slightly rearward). Some call this sprocket a drive wheel, but I believe this is incorrect as the device is more akin to a gear than a wheel. For instance it could not provide propulsion on it's own due to location and shape.
The track under the road wheels is pulled by the drive sprocket which then puts slack track on the return idlers above of the drive wheels, or directly on top of the road wheels to then be used to roll back under the road wheels.
The "caterpillar" tracks are used mainly to spread the weight of the vehicle as well the traction across the ground it is passing
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