During his service in Germany, Roebuck developed the modern pipe fascine, now used by the British Army in operations globally to rapidly cross small gaps and obstacles that restrict mobility of armoured and other units.
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Several projects were based on the R 35 such as a number of fascine carriers : these had frames or other contraptions mounted over the hull or turret with a fascine in them that could be dropped to fill trenches.
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Several projects were based on the R 35 such as a number of fascine carriers : these had frames or other contraptions mounted over the hull or turret with a fascine in them that could be dropped to fill trenches.
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De Chatte increased the fortifications of Terceira by building, on its southern and most exposed coast, up to 31 stone forts and 13 fascine outposts, connected altogether by trenches and furnished with a total of 293 cannons.
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A launch technique was developed : approach the target gap at speed, brake sharply at a marked point and fire the explosive bolts holding the travel hawsers so that the fascine, through inertia, rolled off the directly into the middle of the gap.
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The Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Snows is fascine East; constructed in the Portuguese architecture; it houses the celebrated and miraculous statue of Our Lady of Snows, most beautifully carved out of wood and hence it is a great piece of art.
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They wore sword bayonets on waist belts instead of shoulder or cross-belts ( this was also common among British light infantry and rifle units ) and also wore a " yataghan "-style short sabre or large knife ( common among the Greek klephts and " armatoloi ", but also similar to the hanger issued to British infantry until about five decades before, and similar in purpose, if not form, to the fascine knife worn by some specialist units like light infantry and artillery as a back-up weapon ).
