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.
Last State to Ratify the ERA. Indiana's ERA approval came five years after the proposed amendment was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. Indiana became the 35 th state to ratify the amendment on January 18, 1977.