Sniper Elite III | Ep. 6 – Kasserine Pass
The North African campaign rolls on, and Kasserine Pass proved to be one of those missions that starts with confidence and ends with a save file count you’d rather not discuss publicly. This was supposed to be another calculated infiltration through enemy territory, the kind of operation where patience and precision win the day.
Instead, it became a battle of endurance against armour plating, repeated explosions, and a Tiger tank that developed a deeply personal grudge.
Some missions are remembered for impossible shots. Others for dramatic victories. This one will probably be remembered for plum hunting, death loops, and discovering exactly how many 88mm shells one sniper can survive in theory before reality catches up with him.
🎯 About the Game
Sniper Elite III drops players into the deserts and mountain passes of North Africa during World War II, blending stealth, tactical decision-making, and some of the most satisfying long-range shooting in gaming.
Large open environments reward planning and creativity. Every encounter can be approached from multiple angles, whether that’s carefully eliminating patrols from hundreds of metres away or improvising wildly when your carefully laid plans explode in spectacular fashion.
And of course, there are the legendary X-Ray kill cams, because sometimes physics deserves its own replay.
🧭 Where We Are in the Journey
This episode takes us into Chapter Six of the campaign as Karl Fairburne continues tracking down General Vahlen’s operations across North Africa.
Kasserine Pass sees us infiltrating Volin’s heavily defended headquarters, uncovering intelligence, dismantling enemy positions, and pushing deeper into the campaign toward the battles still waiting beyond the mountains.
By the end of the night, Chapter Six was complete and the road toward the next mission — and an enemy airfield waiting in the distance — finally opened.
🔥 What Happens in This Episode
What quickly became obvious was that Kasserine Pass had absolutely no intention of being a quick mission.
Compared to previous operations this level seemed determined to send us back and forth across half the map, with objectives repeatedly dragging us through areas we’d already fought through once before. Every completed task seemed to reveal another reason to retrace our footsteps through enemy territory.
Not that chat minded too much, because the evening’s unofficial objective quickly became the hunt for the perfect plum shot.
Against all odds, two successful plum shots were secured during the mission, earning celebrations wildly disproportionate to their strategic military value. Several more opportunities slipped away at the last moment as enemy soldiers developed an uncanny ability to move exactly the wrong body part at precisely the wrong time.
There were still plenty of victories along the way though, including satisfying double kills, exploding helmets, and several shots that had chat immediately demanding instant replays.
Vehicles became another recurring problem throughout the mission. Fortunately, North African armoured doctrine apparently never accounted for what happens when the gunner suddenly stops existing. More than once we eliminated the gunner only to stroll casually toward the vehicle while the remaining crew politely declined to run us over.
Then came the Tiger.
The moment that tank rolled onto the battlefield the entire tone of the evening changed.
Thankfully we still had a single landmine available, and dropping it directly in the Tiger’s path managed to blow the track clean off as it rolled down the road toward us. Unfortunately, immobilising a Tiger tank turns out not to be quite the same thing as destroying one.
This marked the official beginning of the evening’s death loop era.
Seven death loops later, we had developed an intimate understanding of German 88mm artillery shells and their remarkable enthusiasm for ending sniper careers. At one point we were pressed so tightly against the tank beneath its main gun that everyone was fairly certain the concussive force alone should have finished us off.
Save files multiplied. Strategies evolved. Retreats became tactical repositionings.
Eventually, with some distance finally established and chat debating weak points with the seriousness of military engineers, we managed to line up the shot that mattered and hit the tiny vulnerable section at the rear of the vehicle.
The Tiger finally died.
Victory, however, wasn’t the end.
There was still more backtracking to do as we returned to the temple, cleared the remaining resistance, and retraced our route once more to finish the mission properly and bring Volin’s operation at Kasserine Pass crashing down around him.
After all the explosions, frustration, and repeated reloads, Chapter Six finally came to an end.
Persistence had won the day once again.
📺 Watch the Episode
If you’d like to experience the full journey through Kasserine Pass — including the plum shots, the tank battle, and every glorious death loop along the way — you can watch the episode here.
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHIIhZcgjU
You can also find the full series playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_H6rwTrrjurGS2E_yeZGzdUcW6-Xw6Xz
And if you enjoy tactical chaos mixed with questionable decision making, be sure to visit the channel, leave a comment, and subscribe for future episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/@Dr_Ravenholm
⚔️ Join the Adventure Live
The desert winds rarely stay quiet for long.
Some nights bring stealth missions and impossible shots. Others bring armour columns, improvised tactics, and entire communities trying to work out where exactly a Tiger tank keeps its weak spots.
When the operation moves from video to livestream, you’re not just watching the mission unfold — you’re in the command tent arguing strategy, celebrating impossible shots, and witnessing every death loop in real time.
This stream ended with a raid into ArtsyCatsyBee before the convoy rolled onward into the night, and next week’s hunt promises even more chaos as Mr V attempts to defend his Marbles On Stream Grand Prix crown.
Join us live and bring your best tactics, worst ideas, and strongest tea supplies.
https://www.twitch.tv/dr_ravenholm
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🌌 Community & Links
Every expedition into enemy territory is easier when you’ve got a reliable crew watching your back.
Live Operations
The next mission briefing is never far away.
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Community Network
The planning room doors are always open.
Social Outposts
If the radios are active, you’ll probably find us there.
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Support The Expedition
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🌙 Closing Thoughts
Kasserine Pass threw everything it had at us — long marches, endless backtracking, armoured nightmares, and enough death loops to start their own company.
But the mission is complete, the road ahead is open, and somewhere out there another impossible shot is waiting.
Until next time,
Dr Ravenholm
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