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A Hellhound firing its Hull and Turret Mounted Flamers

The Hellhound is an Imperial flame tank, based on the chassis of the Chimera. It is armed with a large flamer known as an Inferno Cannon. It is feared by all enemies because of its ability to cover a wide area with flames and cause horrific losses to units that cluster together.¹

Overview

A Hellhound in action against the Tyranids

The Hellhound has Promethium tanks on the rear of the vehicle making it quite volatile, and the members of the tank crews are often pyromaniacs who take pleasure in modifying their Inferno Cannons to increase flame output. These modifications are frowned upon by any Techpriest Enginseers attached to their unit, both because they are unsanctioned by the Adeptus Mechanicus and because it can make the vehicle very dangerous to be around.¹

Patterns

There are three known patterns of Hellhound as follows:

• Mars pattern - More popular amongst Guards commanders as their profile is largely unchanged from that of a standard Chimera, making it harder for the enemy to single them out. The promethium reservoir fills the chimeras cargo space.
• Artemia pattern - The Artemia pattern differs in two key ways, it has a remotely operated turret and the cargo space is replaced with a much larger capacity fuel cell. This fuel cell is by necessity very heavily armoured. ²
• Graia pattern - also replaces the cargo compartment with the fuel cell but retains the standard manual turret and a crew of three. ³

Variants

There are several variants of the Hellhound which replace the Inferno Cannon with alternate armaments -

Bane Wolf

The Bane Wolf uses a Chem Cannon. Bane wolves are used when the complete eradication of the enemy is warranted they smother their targets in broiling clouds of noxious gas that dissolves organic material in moments. Victims blood boils in their own veins and their flesh sloughs from one as the mixture of toxins do their horrific work. ⁴

Devil Dog

The Devil Dog uses a Melta Cannon. Devil Dogs are a variant of the more widespread Hellhound. Armed with powerful melta cannons, devil dogs are able to tear through heavy troops and armoured tanks in short order. When fired the main weapons make a high pitched howl as moisture in the air vaporises, becoming a roaring blast as the target detonates. ⁴

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Vehicle Name:	Hellhound	Main Armament:	Inferno Cannon
Forge World of Origin:	Graia	Secondary Armament:	Heavy Bolter
Known Patterns:	II-XVII	Traverse:	360 degrees
Crew:	Commander, Gunner, Driver	Elevation:	From -8 to +25 degrees
Powerplant:	Vulcanor 16 Twin Coupled Multi-Burn	Main Ammunition:	98 shots
Weight:	35 tonnes	Secondary Ammunition:	400 rounds
Length:	6.9m	Armour
Width:	5.7m
Height:	4.1m	Superstructure:	150mm
Ground Clearance:	0.45m	Hull:	120mm
Max Speed - on road	70kph	Gun Mantlet	N/A
Max Speed - off road:	55kph	Vehicle Designation:	N/A
Tranport Capacity:	None	Firing Ports:	n/a
Access Points:	n/a	Turret:	150mm

Images

Hellhound - current model

Hellhound - original model

Artemia pattern Hellhound

Graia pattern Hellhound

A Bane Wolf

A Devil Dog

Sources

• ¹:Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), p. 50
• ²: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Imperial_Guard_Tanks/ARTEMIA-PATTERN-HELLHOUND.html
• ³: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Imperial_Guard_Tanks/GRAIA-PATTERN-HELLHOUND.html
• ⁴: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod60013a