Hi Evan
You may want to think about playing against some humans that are willing to share a little knowledge.
Perhaps you should have a look at
www.theblitz.org
There is a strong SP ladder there that plays PBEM and there is also a mentor programme that can be very helpful when you are at the beginning of your time with the game.
Once you have experienced PBEM, you'll have delved into the full spectrum of what SP CAMO Steel Panthers has to offer.
After all the work that Don and Andy, and all the testers and posters and players,have put into these games over the last 9 years, the AI is now very good.
However, human opponents are on another level.
It's great fun playing the campaigns and scenarios, don't get me wrong, but knowing that you are slowly tearing apart the forces belonging to someone on the other side of the planet is quite a different level of fun.
Just a thought bro.
Cheers
SGT