1982 Mannheim attack

1982 road attack in Germany April 2025 M60 Patton Tank Fort Lewis Military Museum.jpg A decommissioned M60 tank, similar to the one used in the attack 1982 07 10 yes 1 (the perpetrator) 4 Charles S. Keefer Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany M60 tank 2,000,000 Deutsche Mark On 10 July 1982, a 20-year-old United States Army soldier drove a stolen U.S. Army M60 tank through downtown Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Four people were injured, and the soldier, whose motive remains unknown, died by drowning in a nearby river. The property damage amounted to around 2 million West German Deutsche Mark (DM). Course of events Charles S. Keefer,1985-04-14 Unbedachte Handlung https://www.spiegel.de/politik/unbedachte-handlung-a-d9c91d62-0002-0001-0000-000013512578 2025-03-08 Der Spiegel de 2195-1349 a mentally illFrieden mit dem Panzer machen https://www.wunderderpraerie.de/presseartikel/2013/frieden-mit-dem-panzer-machen 2025-03-08 www.wunderderpraerie.de 20-year-old U.S. soldier from Berwick, Pennsylvania,July 12, 1982 A U.S. soldier who drowned after taking a 50-ton... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/12/A-US-soldier-who-drowned-after-taking-a-50-ton/4905395294400/ UPI en stole an M60 tank parked in the Sullivan Barracks in Mannheim at around 2 p.m. on 10 July 1982, and drove it uncontrollably into the Mannheim city center for about 45 minutes.10. Juli 1982 https://www.marchivum.de/de/chronikstar/10-juli-1982 Marchivum Four people were injured, and eleven cars, a streetcar and a number of electricity pylons and traffic lights were destroyed. The property damage amounted to around 2 million West German Deutsche Mark (DM). thumb|upright|left|Part of the Planken (Mannheim) Planken de, a shopping street in Mannheim, pictured in 2005 At the height of the Mannheim Wasserturm, he drove a loop through the Planken (Mannheim) Planken de to the crossroads between squares M5 and M6 and then back towards Kaiserring. During his journey, he ran over numerous cars and damaged lamp posts, traffic lights, overhead line poles, and buildings. It also collided with the rear section of a streetcar whose passengers had been asked to leave the rear section shortly beforehand. During the rampage, the tank was pursued by both West German police and the US military police. A pursuing US soldier climbed onto the moving tank near the Tattersall and tried to reach the lever for the fire extinguishing system through the open flap of the driver's compartment. If it had been triggered, the tank would have stopped. However, the soldier lost his footing and fell directly in front of the tank, which drove over him. Due to the tank's ground clearance, he was only slightly injured. On the Kurpfalzbrücke de Kurpfalzbrücke bridge, the driver stopped the tank, climbed into the gun turret and began to swing the cannon in different directions. He then reversed the tank at full throttle, breaking through a bridge railing and plunging into the Neckar River twelve meters below at approximately 3:30 p.m.Mannheimer Geschichte: Vor 40 Jahren fuhr ein US-Soldat mit einem Panzer durch die Innenstadt https://www.rnz.de/region/metropolregion-mannheim_artikel,-Mannheimer-Geschichte-Vor-40-Jahren-fuhr-ein-US-Soldat-mit-einem-Panzer-durch-die-Innenstadt-_arid,942451.html 2025-03-08 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung deAmokfahrt Panzer 1982 - Kurpfälzer Verein für Feuerwehrgeschichte Mannheim e.V. https://www.feuerwehrgeschichte-mannheim.de/seite/606907/amokfahrt-panzer-1982.html 2025-03-08 www.feuerwehrgeschichte-mannheim.de de Divers found no signs of life in the driver and an initial recovery attempt with three M80 recovery vehicles failed. On 11 July 1982, the Achilles floating crane lifted the tank out of the river.Scholl Roger 2012-07-10 Kampf mit den Bildern der Vergangenheit https://www.mannheimer-morgen.de/orte/mannheim_artikel,-mannheim-kampf-mit-den-bildern-der-vergangenheit-_arid,365324.html?&npg 2025-03-08 www.mannheimer-morgen.de de The autopsy of the soldier's body revealed no alcohol or drug influence. See also Germany 2025 Mannheim car attack 1998 Alma rampage 1995 San Diego tank rampage 1993 Perth tank rampage Marvin Heemeyer References Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in Germany Category:1982 disasters in Germany Category:1980s road incidents in Europe Category:United States military in Germany