I had game today in my Kuma towards end of the game i spot a kongo at 15km and decide to rush him down and torp him.I kept my front to him angling slightly between salvos,he got a broadside salvo off first while i got into firing range doing 1-2k damage he managed 2 more salvos for similar and by the time i reached him he burnt to death.That was a 60% hp Kuma against a 80% hp Kongo plus heal up and i was left with 10% hp.
I did 32k He damage 37k fire damage from 13 fires ( at least 8 of those fires were on the Kongo ).The problem with Ap vs He mainly effects BBs vs cruisers if a cruiser captain refuses to give his sides the BB cannot do much.
Maybe the damage higher caliber shells against weaker armor profiles frontally needs adjusting.He is not even worth discussing WG has the stats and will do whatever they are going to do no matter what any of us say.