Answered: Why Tanks Shouldn't Drive into Atomic Bomb Craters
That’s not a problem most of us encounter on our morning commutes. But it is something that the U.S. military had no choice but to ponder. During the Cold War, America placed Atomic Demolition Munitions—nuclear land mines—on the West German and Italian borders and also along the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The bombs were buried along key invasion routes and transportation bottlenecks, such as bridges and mountain passes. If the Soviets or North Koreans had attacked, the Americans would have detonated the ADMs, creating obstacles of rocks, downed trees, radiation—and whopping big cr...
Source: nationalinterest.org