Am i dumb or is RN Zara a total piece of garbage?

https://preview.redd.it/kihxi37xrlch1.png?width=645&format=png&auto=webp&s=37e3ca89cd1a0bdaf828af0d3a698a24711f1de5

https://preview.redd.it/3tmbko9zrlch1.png?width=634&format=png&auto=webp&s=7ea4bf1c34bad85c4247e8d126c7666104dd3a99

Why two ships with identical armament and all other params except for the armor which is getting penned by everything at it's br anyway are 0.7 br apart?