Deathunt 9000 was a cyborg from the latter part of the 21st century who usually acted as the leader of Kang's group of minions, the Anachronauts. As one of the more technologically advanced Anachronauts, it was usually his responsibility to explain things to the more superstitious members from the past. Deathunt apparently had experience fighting Thing-looking monsters from Hellgate. He believed the Avengers to be weak by lacking the guts to win a fight to the death.
This theory was his downfall when he mistook War Machine to share the same outlook as his Avenger comrades.