True crime · 01.12.1924
A tank, a traitor and a shot through the vision slit
Tank, reetur ja lask läbi vaatluspilu
The army's Auto-Tank Division was based in the Juhkentali barracks. On 1 December 1924 about thirty rebels, helped by a turncoat sergeant named Loorents, took over the tank garage and disabled every tank but one. Loorents drove that one into the yard while the others attacked the crew quarters. Sergeant-major Rudolf Kaptein woke his men by firing his revolver into the ceiling and led them out. He then jumped onto the tank and killed Loorents by shooting through its vision slit, and the attackers scattered. Kaptein was one of ten defenders later given the Cross of Liberty.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Sõjaväe Auto-Tankidivisjon asus Juhkentali kasarmutes. 1. detsembril 1924 võttis umbes kolmkümmend mässajat reeturist allohvitseri Loorentsi abiga üle tankigaraaži ja muutis kõik tankid peale ühe sõidukõlbmatuks. Loorents sõitis selle ühega hoovi, kui teised ründasid meeskonnaruume. Veltveebel Rudolf Kaptein äratas mehed revolvrist lakke tulistades ja viis nad vasturünnakule. Seejärel hüppas ta tanki peale ja tappis Loorentsi, tulistades läbi vaatluspilu, ning ründajad jooksid laiali. Kaptein oli üks kümnest mässu mahasurujast, kes said hiljem Vabadusristi.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: 1. detsembri riigipöördekatse (Auto-Tankidivisjon) ↗