In real life ambushes come in two types: hasty and prepared.
Prepared ambush is one you have time to set up properly, at a spot you expect or know the enemy to roll through.
Hasty ambush is one you set up in a hurry when you spot the enemy before they spot you. It is far less organized - sometimes to the point of the ambushing side hitting the dirt at the nearest proper spot that provides a decent firing position.
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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