I agree in principle, but the fact is, despite constant pushes for it, Gaijin has had 10 years to address the huge disparity in performance between full calibre solid shot and APHE (which has absolutely no basis in reality), and yet they have failed to do so.
Yeah, in an ideal world, ammunition selection at low tier would actually be balanced (you’d think this would be a pretty low bar), but it isn’t, and that doesn’t seem like it is going to change. So the next best option is unfortunately to beg for scraps of APHE wherever they can be found.