German Defense in the Normandy Hedgerows

In ASL, do you ever think about how you as the defender, perhaps the German defender in the Normandy hedgerow country, secure your position against those Americans assaulting your line?  In The Americans at Normandy, professor John C. McManus describes how the Germans set up defensive positions in the hedgerow country:

“The enemy defended a typical field in the following manner: They dug heavy machine guns into each corner of the hedgerow that bordered the field.  These machine guns could crisscross their fire and cover most of the field.  In between these two heavy guns, they placed riflemen, burp gunners and light machine-gun teams who only added to the volume of fire.  If there were hedgerows that bordered either flank of the field, they dug light machine-gun teams there, too.  Once these small arms had pinned down American attackers, the Germans called in artillery and mortar fire, which was normally quite accurate because German observers had presighted the entire field.  German soldiers with handheld Panzerfaust antitank weapons lay in deep fighting holes in or along the forward hedgerows.  If American tanks punched through the hedgerows or rolled through the small openings that led into each field, the Panzerfaust soldiers hit them at close range.  Booby traps and mines, sown into the vegetation at the top of the hedgerow or in ditches along them, only added to the dangers” (p177).

Think about all of the implications that relate to ASL.  Setting up boresighted HMGs and LMGs to cover fire lanes, with intersecting fields of fire.  Concealed or HIP half squads with Panzerfausts just waiting for that Sherman or Stuart to come crashing through the hedgerow at a 1 hex range.  Those light mortars that may seem like a waste targeting infantry in the open.  Sometimes ASL does mirror real life.