Indeed, sged I have to go in with the other guys on this one. Every tank was a Tiger to every one but the few men who were trained in vehicle recognition ( tankers, spotters ect.) and even they often made (somtimes fatal) mistakes. The simple fact of the matter is that there were only a handfull of tigers in Normandy at all (iirc, no more than 100) and they were all facing the Brits who were equipped with fireflies to handle them. The 75's and 76's were no match for Tigers at anything but suicide ranges, leaving the Americans woefully unprepared. There were exceptions of course, but these are generally exceptional circumstances. There are to my knowledge 0 after action (actual inspections of knocked out equipment) reports of Tigers (or any other tanks )being destroyed by .50 cal. fire from the air. Please be careful of what you read, there is a lot of crap out there, I've been wading through it for thirty years.