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==Variants== [[File:Antonov An-8 Camp two-view silhouette.png|thumb|right|Silhouette two-view of the Antonov An-8]] ;Izdeliye P :Antonov OKB in-house designation for the first prototype.<ref name="GordonAn-12p5">Gordon and Komissarov 2007, p. 5</ref> ;Izdeliye N :Antonov OKB in-house designation for a projected airliner version with a pressurised circular section cabin accommodating up to 57 passengers.<ref name="GordonAn-12p8">Gordon and Komissarov 2007, p. 8</ref> ;An-8 :The initial production version.<ref name="GordonAn-12p7"/> ;An-8M :(''Morskoy'' β marine) Projected Anti-Submarine Warfare variant.<ref name="GordonAn-12p8"/> ;An-8T :(''Toplivovoz'' β fuel tanker/carrier) A fuel transporter used for all kinds of automotive fuels, as well as aircraft and rocket fuels, including two 5,300 litre (1,100 imp gal) tanks for petroleum products, or a single 5,000 litre tank for rocket oxidizers like red fuming nitric acid (RFNA), nitric acid, or a liquid oxygen flask.<ref name="GordonAn-12p7"/> ;An-8RU :(''Raketnymi Ooskoritelyami'' β with rocket boosters) One aircraft fitted in 1964 with two rocket boosters to increase the single engined MTOW to 42 tonnes (93,000 lb). This project was abandoned after the crash of the first prototype during trials.<ref name="GordonAn-12p78">Gordon and Komissarov 2007, pp. 7β8</ref> ;An-8Sh :(''Shtoormanskiy'' β for navigators) A projected Navigator trainer.<ref name="GordonAn-12p8"/> ;An-8PS :(''Poiskovo-Spasahtel'nyy'' β search and rescue) A projected maritime search and rescue aircraft.<ref name="GordonAn-12p8"/>
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