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A fascine (pronounced ) is a rough bundle of brushwood used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams from erosion
Erosion

For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion 'For use of in dermatopathology, see Erosion Erosion is the removal of solids in the natural environment....
, covering marshy ground and so on.

bundles were used in military defences for revetting (shoring up) trenches or ramparts, especially around artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 batteries, or filling in ditches.






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A fascine (pronounced ) is a rough bundle of brushwood used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams from erosion
Erosion

For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion 'For use of in dermatopathology, see Erosion Erosion is the removal of solids in the natural environment....
, covering marshy ground and so on.

Military use

British Mark V Tanks With Crib Fascines 1918
Such bundles were used in military defences for revetting (shoring up) trenches or ramparts, especially around artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 batteries, or filling in ditches. Military fascine bridges were used as early as Roman times. First World War tanks such as the Mark I
Mark I tank

The British Mark I was the world's first combat tank, entering service in the middle of World War I, born of the need to break the domination of trenches and machine guns over the battlefields of the Western Front ....
 started the practice of carrying fascines on the roof, to be deployed to provide traction
Traction

Traction may refer to:* Traction , static friction* Traction , the set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the skeletal system...
 and support over rough ground and to fill trenches that would otherwise be an obstacle to the tank. Some modern tanks are still equipped to carry and deploy fascines, although these now consist of large bundles of heavy plastic pipes referred to as pipe fascines. These have an outer layer of pipes with chains running through them and loose pipes inserted in the middle.

Currently, the British army uses the ChAVRE - an engineering vehicle based on the Chieftain tank
Chieftain tank

The FV 4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s. It was one of the most advanced tanks of its era, and at the time of its introduction in 1966 had the most powerful main gun and heaviest armour of any tank in the world ....
 - to carry and deploy pipe fascines. This is due to be replaced by the Trojan, based on the Challenger 2 tank
Challenger 2 tank

FV4034 Challenger 2 is a main battle tank currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It is built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems ....
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See also

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    Billhook

    The billhook is a traditional cutting tool used mainly in European agriculture and forestry, but also common in other parts of the world where it was introduced by European settlers....
  • Fasces
    Fasces

    Fasces symbolize summary power and jurisdiction, and/or "strength through unity".The traditional ancient Rome fasces consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and often including a bronze axe amongst the rods, with the blade on the side, projecting from the bundle....
  • Fascine knife
    Fascine knife

    The fascine knife was a side arm issued to 19th century light infantry and artillery. It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool for cutting fascines ....
  • Ferula
    Ferula

    Ferula is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates....


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