M687 155 mm projectile
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The M687 was an American
The shell contained two canisters separated by a rupture disk. The compartments were filled with two liquid precursor chemicals for
The shells were meant to be stored and transported with only the OPA compartment loaded; the fuze and the DF compartment would be inserted shortly before firing.
The M687 was never used in combat and, under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the U.S. destroyed the shells and the precursor chemical DF as part of its agreement to eliminate all chemical weapons. More than 258,000 of the shells were shipped to Hawthorne Army Depot from their storage at Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah, and the Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon and were destroyed by July 1999. The last of the U.S.'s stockpile of DF was destroyed on April 6, 2006.
See also
- Chemical Weapons Convention
- M104 155 mm projectile
- M110 155 mm projectile
- M121 155 mm projectile
- M2 4.2-inch mortar
- M55 (rocket)
- United States and weapons of mass destruction