Standard tanks were fitted as fascine carriers. Anti-tank trenches can be defeated by use of a fascine. Close-support tanks, bridgelayers, and fascine carriers had been developed elsewhere also. The Spanish Army called its fascine knives "machetes". The billhook is an issued tool in some armed forces (see fascine knife). In American English a billhook may sometimes be called a "fascine knife". Military fascine bridges were used on a regular basis by the Romans to cross obstacles. In 1866/7, a fascine dam was constructed between the Bordelum sluice and Hamburger Hallig.