True its firepower and armor would justify placement at 5.3
This ignores its large profile and low speed which same with the churchills below it necessitates a lower placement than their other features would suggest at first glance.
Especially considering the TOG’s armor is even less than that of the churchill placed below it.
Just as example of backasswards tanking, it’s working tactics for tanks with good reverse speed and big engine, if shell doesn’t have ovepressure rngine will eat all gragments from shell explosion and protect the crew.
Again and again and again it has to be repeated:
Balance is not and should not be based on uptiers, but at the BR that a vehicle sits appropriately at.
Both vehicles in this case HAVE an appropriate BR and thus makes them facing each other a non issue.
Not like the TOG II would have much trouble with the T-44-122 anyways… it’s a very niche and rare tank that has incredibly easily exploitable weaknesses…
You’re using protection map at 500 meters there so it shouldn’t matter at all if the TOG is taller or not.
And before anything else, no, bullet drop doesn’t matter much either. Specially not at these distances and specially not with cannons that fire rounds at higher speeds.