However this gun does have a very impressive -20° depression angle which is more than enough to deal with any slopes. It also has a very curved trajectory, slow projectile velocity and poor penetration, leading to a challenging usability. The hull-mounted 75 mm gun may be useless for most of the time, since to maximise its armour effectiveness the B1 has to angle a lot, and given the hull-mounted gun's extremely limited horizontal traverse it can hardly aim at anything while the hull is angling. Elevation and depression angles are very good but turret slewing rate is a bit slow: this tank has been designed to be hull-down. The reload rate is average for its calibre but rather fast at this BR. The AP shell does a good job at breaking gun barrels and tracks, allowing the B1 bis to disarm/immobile an opponent prior to a flanking kill. Pz.IV F2, Cromwell) can still be penetrated with careful aiming and thorough knowledge on weak spots. Although this turreted armament is only good at firing light targets such as SPGs (eg. With the same gun as most other Rank 2 French tanks, the B1 bis will never be recognized for having a fearsome armament: penetration rates are even lower than most reserve tanks.
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