M8 or M-8 or M.08 or ''variant'', may refer to:

Computing and electronics

M8 (cipher) In cryptography, M8 is a block cipher designed by Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi in 1999. It is a modification of Hitachi's earlier M6 (cipher), M6 algorithm, designed for greater security and high performance in both hardware and 32-bit software implement ...

, an encryption algorithm *

Leica M8 The Leica M8 is the first digital camera in the rangefinder M series introduced by Leica Camera AG on 14 September 2006. It uses an APS-H 10.3-megapixel CCD image sensor designed and manufactured by Kodak. As of 15 November 2014, the most recent ...

, a digital rangefinder camera *

HTC One (M8) The HTC One (M8) (also marketed as the all-new HTC One) is an Android or Windows smartphone manufactured and marketed by HTC. Following a number of leaks that occurred during the months prior, the device was officially unveiled in a press confer ...

, a smartphone *

Meizu M8 The Meizu M8 is a Windows CE-based 3.4" smartphone. It is often regarded as having a Chinese iPhone-like design, with similar features and UI, running a version of Microsoft Windows CE 6 with a modified GUI similar to the iPhone. Announcement da ...

, a smartphone

Roads and places

Messier 8 Messier may refer to: People with the surname *Ashley Messier (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player *Charles Messier (1730–1817), French astronomer * Doug Messier (born 1936), Canadian ice hockey player and coach * Éric Messier (born 1973), Ca ...

, also known as M8 or Lagoon Nebula, a giant interstellar cloud * William L. Whitehurst Field (FAA airport code M08), Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA

Rail stations

Meijō Kōen Station is a railway station in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This station provides access to Meijō Park. It was also used as a drop-off point by mistake by some visitors heading to Nagoya Castle, as its name contained the kanji ...

(station code M08), Kita, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan *

Senri-Chūō Station is a railway station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (which links directly into the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line) and Osaka Monorail located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. It is the main railway station in , and also called "". Lines *Kita-Osaka Kyu ...

(station code M08), Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan * Tatsue Station (station code M08), Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan

Roads

M-8 (Michigan highway) M-8 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan lying within the cities of Detroit and Highland Park. Much of it is the Davison Freeway, the nation's first urban depressed freeway, which became a connector between the Lodge ...

, also known as the Davison Freeway * M8 (East London), a Metropolitan Route in East London, South Africa * M8 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M8 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M8 (Pretoria), a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M8 (Durban), a Metropolitan Route in Durban, South Africa * M8 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa *

M8 highway (Russia) The Russian route M8 "Kholmogory" () or Yaroslavl highway (), is a major trunk road that links Moscow to the Russian North in general and the sea harbour of Arkhangelsk in particular. The road runs north of Moscow across a distance of 1271 kilom ...

, also known as the Kholmogory Highway *

M8 motorway (Hungary) The M8 motorway is a planned Hungarian motorway, which will, upon completion, connect the western part of the country, near the Austrian border to Szolnok in the central part of the country. It will be partially concurrent with the Europea ...

M8 motorway (Ireland) The M8 motorway () is an inter-urban motorway in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, which forms part of the motorway from the capital Dublin to Cork (city), Cork city. The motorway commences in the townland of Aghaboe, County Laois and runs throu ...

* M-8 highway (Montenegro) * M8 motorway (Pakistan) *

M8 motorway (Scotland) The M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland. It connects the country's two largest cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and serves other large communities including Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Greenock, Livingston, Scotland, Living ...

* M8 Motorway (Sydney) in Sydney, Australia *

Highway M08 (Ukraine) Highway M08 is the shortest Ukraine international highway. It serves as a loop route bypassing the city of Uzhhorod on the northern (mountainous) side. It is part of European routes E50 and E58. It starts at a split of European routes E50 ...

Western Freeway (Victoria) Western Highway is a major arterial route in western Victoria with a length of approximately of single carriageway, then of dual carriageway known as Western Freeway, linking the western suburbs of Melbourne to the border with South Australi ...

in Australia, designated M8 *

M8 road (Zambia) The M8 road is a road in the North-Western Province of Zambia. It connects Mutanda (south-west of Solwezi) with Zambezi Town via Mufumbwe, Manyinga & Kabompo. Route The M8 road begins in Mutanda, Kalumbila District (30 kilometres south-so ...

M8 road (Malawi) The M8 road is the road in Malawi that serves as an east–west connector in southern Malawi, bridging the gap between the major routes M1 and M3. Spanning 35 kilometers, the road links the towns of Balaka and Liwonde, facilitating efficient t ...

Civilian transportation

Road transport

M8 (New York City bus) The Eighth and Ninth Streets Crosstown is a public transit line in Manhattan, New York City, running mostly along Eighth Street (Manhattan), Eighth Street, Ninth Street (Manhattan), Ninth Street, 10th Street (Manhattan), Tenth Street, and Christ ...

, a New York City Bus route in Manhattan *

AITO M8 The AITO M8 () is a Full-size car, full-size Range-extended battery-electric vehicle, range-extended luxury SUV manufactured by Seres Group, Seres under the AITO (marque), AITO brand in collaboration with Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance, H ...

, an electric SUV *

BMW M8 The BMW M8 is the high-performance version of the BMW 8 Series (G15) marketed under the BMW M sub-brand. Introduced in June 2019, the M8 was initially produced in the 2-door convertible (F91 model code) and 2-door coupe (F92 model code) body st ...

, a sports car from BMW 8 Series * GAC M8 or

Trumpchi M8 The Trumpchi M8 is a minivan manufactured by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally. Originally launched as the GM8 in 2017, it was renamed in 2020 to simply M8 in China and GN8 in global markets. The compl ...

, a minivan * Mercedes-Benz M08 engine, a straight-8 engine * Haima M8, a sedan

Rail transport

Paris Métro Line 8 Paris Métro Line 8 (French language, French: ''Ligne 8 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Balard (Paris Métro), Balard in the southwestern part of Paris to Pointe du Lac (Paris Métro), Pointe du ...

, a rapid transit rail line in Paris *

M8 (Istanbul Metro) Line M8, officially referred to as the M8 Bostancı-Parseller line, is a rapid transit line of the Istanbul Metro. The line connects Bostancı railway station, on the southern coast of the Anatolian side, to Parseller, in the district of Ümrani ...

, a rapid transit rail line in Istanbul, Turkey *

M8 (railcar) The M8 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kawasaki for use on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line and the CT Rail Shore Line East. The fleet of 471 cars first entered service in 2011, replacing ...

, a Metro-North Railroad car

Military

M8 flamethrower The M8 flamethrower, officially designated: Flame Thrower Portable One-Shot, M8, was a single-shot flamethrower briefly adopted into U.S. service by airborne troops, but was never mass produced. During the end of World War II, the Chemical Corps ...

* M8 Grenade Launcher, see

M7 grenade launcher The M7 grenade launcher, formally rifle grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M7 was a tube-shaped device, with one end ...

Aircraft

Loening M-8 The Loening M-8 was a 1910s American fighter monoplane designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company. The order for 5000 for the United States Army Air Corps was canceled when the First World War ended. D ...

, a 1910s American fighter monoplane * Miles M.8 Peregrine, a 1930s twin-engined light transport monoplane primarily used by the Royal Aircraft Establishment

Land vehicles

* M8 armored gun system, a US Army light tank cancelled in 1996 *

M8 Greyhound The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported ...

, an American armored car used during World War II * M8 tractor, an artillery tractor used by the US Army *

Howitzer motor carriage M8 The 75 mm howitzer motor carriage M8 "Scott" was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States in use during World War II. It was developed on the chassis of the M5 Stuart tank and was equipped with a M116 howitzer in an M7 moun ...

, an American self-propelled howitzer vehicle developed during World War II

Rockets

M8 (rocket) The M8 was a rocket developed and used by the United States military during World War II. Produced in the millions, it was fired from both air- and ground-based launchers; it was replaced by the M16 rocket in 1945. Development The first modern ...

, an American World War II air-to-surface and surface-to-surface rocket * M-8 rocket, a variant of the

RS-82 rocket RS-82 and RS-132 (Russian: Реактивный Снаряд, ''Reaktivny Snaryad''; rocket-powered projectile) were unguided rockets used by Soviet military during World War II. Development Design work on RS-82 and RS-132 rockets began in the lat ...

used by the Soviet Union in World War II

Other uses

* M8, a standard bolt and nut size in the

ISO metric screw thread The ISO metric screw thread is the most commonly used type of general-purpose screw thread worldwide. They were one of the first international standards agreed when the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was set up in 1947. T ...

system * M8 Alliance,

World Health Summit The World Health Summit is an international conference that has been held in Berlin every October since 2009. It has developed into one of the world's leading global health conferences. It was held for the first time on the occasion of the 300th a ...

* ''M8'' (magazine), a dance music magazine based in Scotland * M8, Internet slang for "mate" * M8, a difficulty grade in

mixed climbing Mixed climbing is an ice climbing discipline used on climbing routes that do not have enough ice to be regular ice climbs, but are also not dry enough to be regular rock climbing, rock climbs. To ascend the route, the mixed-climber uses ice-cli ...