If we use those logics a tiger should one shot a t34-76, t34-85, sherman m4c, sherman E8, and outrange them without ever being in danger of being penetrated with a safe distance.
Tiger owns all of these and outranges them.
This thread is about balancing of the game, not what realities should dictate. Perhaps you do not wish for having balance?
Oh, ok then, can we have M3 scout car with much better armor then? Same for WC51 truck? You know, the two completely extinct units that cost as much or more then 222 and are unable to perform on their own?
There is this thing called common sense.
Would it be smart to allow T34/76 to compete with tiger?
Why do you believe it is for 222 to compete with much more heavily armored and armed lights?
Relation of 222 to AEC is pretty much the same as T34 to tiger.
Isn't it enough it can beat greyhound with armor skirts, making the M8 cost three times as much as single 222?