The Tupolev Tu-8, bureau designation ANT-69 or '69', was a Soviet long-range variant of the Tu-2 medium bomber that first flew after the Second World War. Tupolev continued the long-range Tu-2 line that had begun with the unsuccessful Tu-2D, giving the new aircraft a redesigned, extensively glazed nose, side-by-side pilots, electrically powered gun turrets, Shvetsov radial engines and a bomb load increased to 4,500 kg, with mine and torpedo options for naval aviation. The modified ANT-62T prototype first flew on 24 May 1947. State trials in late 1948 found it unstable, structurally weak and short of generator power for its guns, and with jet bombers already flying the programme was cancelled.
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the Tupolev OKB decided to continue its development of long-range variants of the Tu-2
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was a long-range variant of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber
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It was first flown on 24 May 1947
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was a long-range variant of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber
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It was canceled when it proved to be unstable
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the Tupolev OKB decided to continue its development of long-range variants of the Tu-2
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It was based on the Tupolev Tu-8
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