“Teufel Hunden” or Teufelshunde German for “dogs of the devil”, “dogs from hell”, “devil dogs” or
“Hellhound”
A very common story repeated in the Marine Corps holds that the nickname was adopted from the diary of a German soldier who was killed in action during the Battle of Belleau Wood. In it, he apparently referred to Marines as "dogs of the devil" for their fighting spirit and tenacity.
Some Marines offer a more detailed story: The Battle of Belleau Wood was fought in France in the summer of 1918, in the midst of a heat wave. At some point during the battle, the Marines were ordered to take a hill occupied by German forces. As the Marines prepared to charge the hill, word came down from command that the Germans were preparing to use mustard gas to repel the attack. As a precaution, the Marines were ordered to put on their gas masks and take the hill. As the Marines fought their way up the hill, the heat caused them to sweat profusely, foam at the mouth and turned their eyes bloodshot. Additionally, at some points the hill was very steep, which caused the Marines to have to scramble on all fours to make their way up. Consequently, from the Germans' vantage point, they witnessed a pack of tenacious, growling figures whose lower faces were obscured by gas masks (which at the time had a prolonged shape that somewhat resembled a snout) but left open their bloodshot eyes and mouth foam seeping from the sides, advancing up the hill, sometimes on all fours, and killing everything in their way. As the legend goes, the German soldiers, upon seeing this spectacle, began to yell that they were being attacked by "dogs from hell."
My 2007 4x4 AT/ A-TRAC / E-Locker Sun Fusion,
“Hellhound” was bought in the fall of 2008 with the intent of turning it in too an expedition, travel, and go anywhere rig. So far I have had a blast making it my own. Here’s the list of what I have completed and what I still have planned.
The day I first saw it (on the dealers lot)
Current Pic
Mods so far:
Armor/ Exterior protection
Trail-Gear Rock Sliders
Side Window tinted vent visors
Future Mods/ Wish list
Fab Four front (3 hoop)
Demello Off-Road Rear Bumper w/swing arm
Bud Built Front Skidplate
Bud Built Middle Skidplate
Bud Built Transmission & Transfer Case Skidplate
Bud Built Rear Crossmember
Rear Lower Shock Skid
Rear Trailing Link Skid
Rear Differential Plate (welded)
Manic Tail Light Guards
Front Headlight Wire Rally Rock Guards
ARB Safari Snorkel
Suspention, Drivetrain, and Engine
RevTek 3'' lift (with top leveling spacers)
All-Pro Sway Bar Collars
Scuba driver mod
K&N High-Flow drop in air filter
Future Mods/ Wish list
ToyoTec Ultimate 3" lift package
The Toy Outfitters Lower Control Arm
Tires and wheels
Mickey Thompson, Baja MTZ, 33''x 12.50''x 17
17'' Eagle Alloy Rims
Future Mods/ Wish list
Powder Coat Rims Black
Gorilla Lugs
Cargo and such
Yakima surf racks
Custom Hi-lift jack mounts
Custom Shovel and Axe mounts
Hi-lift 485/w Jack handle keeper
3'' Firestik antenna
Bandi mount (Thanks Bandi)
120 psi air tank
Future Mods/ Wish list
WabFab Slider Attachment
Hi-Lift Jack Base
Warn M8000 Winch
Viking Kevlar Winch Line (100')
Winch Safety Thimble
Viking Delrin Fairlead Rollers
Warn Hitch Shackle
30’ Rescue Strap
100’ of braided steel cable
ARB Snatchblock
Tuffy Rear Drawer
Interior, stereo, communications, and power
2 x Puck (white) LED Dome Lights
Hardwired Garmin nuvi 680 GPS
Cobra 75 WX CB
Life Hammer
Mounted Fire Extinguisher
Mounted Mag Lites
I-Pod
Future Mods/ Wish list
2 x Oznium Flexible Super Thin (red) LED Dome Lights
Wet Okole seat covers (yellow and black)
Scanguage 2
Aux. Optima Yellow-Top Battery
Dirty Parts Auxiliary Battery Kit
Passenger-side arm rest
The transformation:
Updated blackout (from flat black to satin)
Blacking out side mirrors
Rear cargo
Trailer Brake/ and Life Hammer
Puck LED lights
No I don't hit my head! I'm only 5' 4''
CB installed (Thanks to bigbill25 and Bandi)
COBRA 75WXST CB: Installation w/ Bandi Mount
Scuba driver mod (Thanks to Shadow-Warrior)
SCUBA Driver Transmission, Transfer Case, Rear Differential & E-Locker Breather MOD
All-Pro Sway Bar Collars installed
O&B Fab Front Swaybar Collar Mod
Custom Hi-Lift Jack/ Axe/ and Shovel mounts (Thanks to Singha)
Ax and Shovel mount
Axe/ Shovel mount
Hi-Lift mount
Hi-Lift and Rack mount...
Current to date 25 May 2009
What I like to do with my "Hellhound".
Pull the JetSki's
Driver on the Beach
Do some Off Road
Thanks for all of the great threads/ and people that made this easy for me (Thanks again bigbill25, Bandi, Shadow-Warrior, Dragon, Singha and many more
) .
Much Much more to follow!
