Mine Systems. Modular Pack Mine System (MOPMS) MOPMS is a man-portable antitank/antipersonnel (AT/AP) mine system with command detonation capability. It weighs 165 pounds and contains a mix of 17 magnetically fuzed AT mines and four AP mines. Its 4-hour self-destruct command can be recycled three times or command detonated by remote control.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified on this date in 1865. It reads, Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States.
Congress passed the 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and thirty-nine states ratified it within 100 days. On April 8, 1971, Indiana became the 18th state to ratify the 26th Amendment. Thirty-seven years later eight states have yet to ratify the 26th Amendment.