“Hellfire” is a Sherman Tank from the Second World War that serves as a memorial tank for the Halifax Rifles, a reserve unit for the Canadian Armed Forces. It was restored and displayed as a war memorial at the Halifax Armouries in August 2020.
The tank was built for use in the Second World War but was never needed in action. According to the Halifax Rifles, the tank was purchased from the United States by Canada and the unit used it for training. When the Rifles moved in 1958, the tank was erected as a monument on the Halifax Common, then at the Halifax armouries then at CFB Shearwater. The Halifax Rifles initiated a plan to bring the Hellfire back to the location of the unit where it will be restored and prepped to become a war memorial. It commemorates all the members of the Halifax Rifles who fought and served overseas from our beginnings where they went to the North-West Rebellion, the Boer War, the First War and the Second World War.
