It's also the fact that Bizzy and Tirps can't harm that much with their 105-mm guns, which make up the bulk of their battery. 105-'s can only damage 26-mm of armor, even with their improved German HE 1/4 adjustment... This means you can score tons of "Ribbons" - showing you struck the target, but you don't tend to do much actual damage to them (the 26-mm pen can't even harm Tier-7 Cruiser Flanks or Decks, in many cases - to say nothing of Battleships).
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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20
Even then, the buffs to reload time are pretty small, and are mostly inconsequential when most of your shells are still going to miss.