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The pick routines of the computer don't make sense for every situation. They work fine if you're fighting US vs. Soviet armor vs. armor, for instance. They don't work well if you want to do a US attack against soviet airborne troops, for instance. The AI picks are paticularly poor if you are trying to do a guerilla or low intensity type operation, such as in Africa, Middle east, etc.

Some things you can do; make a custum campaign by creating a battle (in the battle editor), choose dates, countries, etc., choose a custom or random map, pick the AI forces for them, and then you can use the 'auto' button to automatically deploy the AI forces. You then save the scenario, add it to the custom campaign, and play.

Even better is to email the saved scenario to someone, and have them deploy the AI forces for you, which is what i generally do when playing a campaign.