Siege of Tobruk

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Most of Europe has been crushed under the Axis boot, forcing an Allied retreat. Their supply lines for food and raw materials are crippled. The Suez Canal is a lifeline, connecting Britian with its Empire and Middle Eastern oil, making the war in North Africa crucial. As the British and Axis armies face each other across the Libyan-Egypt border, the front line swings like a pendulum across the Western desert, a harsh unforgiving strip of land between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Mechanised warfare has come of age. Here, tanks are king.

Level Opening

I've arrived in Tobruk, off a boat filled with replacements and reinforcements; young men blindy rushing to their deaths. None of them are comfortable having someone like me around. Suits me fine. Most of them won't make it out of here alive. Rommel was kicked out during Operation Crusader, but Axis forces are once again sweeping the Western Desert. The Gazala Gallop began with the Allied retreat and Rommel is at the city's throat. There's no time for tactics. Thirty-five thousand of us have one order: hold Tobruk.

Objectives

Main

1. Get to the Ramparts
2. Kill the artillery spotters 0/2
3. Search for more spotters
4. Kill the remaining spotter
5. Destroy the heavy artillery
6. Find a route through the Mountain Pass
7. Destroy Nebelwerfers or eliminate the crew 0/4
8. Survey the Desert beyond the Mountain Pass

Optional

1. Get 8 kills using stealth takedowns 0/8

Walkthrough

In the first part of the mission, you will basically follow a tutorial. You are in no significant danger, but will need to follow the instructions.

Head to the ramparts, and snipe the two spotters. When they're down, head to the ground, and snipe the remaining spotter (ideal for a testicle shot for the Charlie's Challenge achievement). Next, destroy the heavy artillery - it may be destroyed in a single shot by aiming at the fuel tank on the bottom.

You get injured by the cutscene, but can use a medikit to recover from it.

Once you ascend to the mountains, you will need to destroy four Nebelwerfers (or take out their crew). These are most easily destroyed by a grenade, or by sniping its ammunition box. As always, sniping the artillery should be done while sound-masked.

When all four nebelwerfers are destroyed, a plane drops a stray bomb to open the path to the level exit. Once the player gets through, a cutscene plays showing German tanks advancing towards Tobruk and the title Sniper Elite III covers the screen.

Appearances

Characters

• Karl Fairburne (playable)

Allies

• British Army

Enemies

• Afrika Korps: Infantry, Nebelwerfer crew

Vehicles

• Opel Blitz (Flak 38 mount)

• Junkers Ju-87
• Matilda II
• Panzer III (end cutscene)
• Tiger I  (end cutscene)

Collectable Locations

Collectible Cards

1. There is another tower with a ladder you can climb near a Nebelwerfer (not the Sniper Nest), there lies the card.

Sniper Nests

1. Found in the East of the map, near the Nebelwerfer. It's marked on the Map, you have to climb it and open the barred window. The game prompts: "Enter Sniper Nest", you have to open it to make it count. If you just climb the tower and do nothing else, it will not count as found. You can see a rifle with a helmet on top in the tower.

War Diaries

1. "Letters to Martin": After the Nebelwerfers destroy the trench line, head to the right. You should find a defensive position with a dead British Soldier and two dead German soldiers.
2. "Survival Notes: Managing Heart Rate": In the tent, between two of the Nebelwerfers, inside stands a soldier, there you find the diary.

Long Shots

1. From the sniper nest, look West towards the city. There is an enemy soldier standing on the balcony (but if alterted, he may crouch or hide). Snipe him for the long shot.