Some gameplay questions and a couple not

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Hi all.

I have some questions that I would appreciate if anyone would be willing to answer for me. V3.5 free download version.

First of all, I always play on current dates, for example 2007-2008. Usually as Greece vs a variety of opponents. Core points 9999. Mines off.

1)Do aircraft (SEADs or Strike Elements) ever refill their ammo? If yes, how? Same question for off-map artillery.
If no, doesn't this make them useless? Or at least the least cost effective units in the game? Apart perhaps from the SEADs.

2)Is it possible to strike enemy off-map artillery?

3)Enemy plane (IIRC F-16) approaching from the west. Attacks and leave. On its flight path to the east I have 3 AAA. One that moves the last turn and two that haven't moved at all, all battle (about 10 turns in iirc). None of the AAA guns fire at the enemy plane. Two of them are on top of hills, 1 is on a road with closest hill to the west about 15 hexes.

4)I try to have an artillery observer, either inf or apc to visualy locate (able to T target)the enemy. I find it most of the time wasteful. If I want to target close enough enemy units then by the time the artillery fires (a couple of turns) it is too late since the enemy is either destroyed or moved. If the enemy is far away, for example enemy artillery, then there is no way other than complete luck, to have my arti observer close enoughto be able to spot the enemy units. The game doesn't let me use UAVs for some reason (it's ok) so my only hope is to either rush with several arti observers in "jeeps" or apcs and hope to reach the enemy, or use scout helicopters which at least in my case, don't see to be all that good in surviving.
So, am I right that I might as well just use no arti observers for my artillery?

5)When a vehicle is hit I get some numbers. What exactly do they mean? For example PEN 39, Arm 32 @54 degrees from a Leopard 1A5GR2 hitting but not killing a Type 59 tank.

6)The stats of ACC, KILL and PEN, how can I use them in a meaningful way? How much is the difference in real terms between a value X and a value Y?

7)Is there any good reason to use the tank carriers in a battle? Or are they there for scenarios only?

8)When playing a campaign, Generated one, does the enemy also have core units etc and has to repair his units or only you?

9)When playing a PBEM game I use the Green Box on the top right and I rarely get any info or animation from it. If I am lucky I will listen to some guns firing etc, but not actualy see anything, the map doesn't move to show who is firing or anything else, but when in a single player when the AI plays I can see everything. Is this normal? Or does the other guy cheats in some way? Or something else?

10)Is it possible to buy the full version but without the CD or at least the CD and a digital download of the game? For the last year or so I prefer by 95% to buy my games that way (Matrixgames, Totalgaming, Steam, gamersgate). I would love to be able to do so with this game too.

11)Some times I aim at an enemy unit and I get a percentage hit of say 67% but as soon as I give the order to fire, it gets much much lower even to single digits, is this normal?

Well, that's it.


EDIT:Is it possible for someone to please post a screenshot from 2 zoom levels out at a resolution of 1600x1200 during a game battle of course.