RQE OSS - Obverse Shoe Set for the AN/PVS-14

We are very excited to announce the release of this new innovative mounting platform! No money down pre-orders are being taken that will ship in July. Just checkout online to guarantee your spot in line. For more information please visit our website or give us a call. 

Get your OSS HERE.

The OSS maximizes the use of virtually any standard dovetail as a host receiver for matrix interchange of similar/disimilar optics. Both shoes are equipped with RQE's patented user adjustable tolerance tooth to compensate for wear, temperature changes or tolerances and reduce/eliminate wobble at the juncture point across many brands of dovetail host receivers. Installing the OSS on your PVS-14 gives you additional options to use any standard dovetail receiver regardless of brand or wear level. The OSS also allows loading from either side of the monocular which provides a more ergonomic and functional right-eyed and dual optic/bridged configuration.

MONOCULAR CONFIGURATION
Configured on a single monocular the OSS allows the user to load their monocular from either side for left eye, right eye, or weapon mounting. With a total weight of under 50g this configuration is still extremely light.



BINOCULAR CONFIGURATION

Configured on 2 monoculars as a binocular the OSS provides the proper height, standoff, and load orientation options for bridging a pair of PVS-14s. Pictured below is an OSS installed on a pair of standard PVS-14s on an RQE Universal Bridge/UB.



Helmet Mountable Floating Shoe
There are no modifications required for installation or removal of the floating to the host optic. A standard hex key is used per industry standards with no special instructions. The floating shoe "clocks" around the host optic objective stop ring and is designed for obverse helmet type applications. The floating shoe also has 1/2" of 2-axis standoff adjustment via the M-Clip to align the host optic with dissimilar bridged optics. Unlike other shoes, the floating shoe has rotational and fore/aft adjustment.



1/4-20 Weapon Mountable Bottom Shoe
The hard-use weapon interface shoe is anchored in place with the resident 1/4" 20 thread mount hole and has matching height and standoff as the mating floating shoe. This hard-use shoe can be used as either a helmet or weapon mount interface. 

This is a dovetail shoe set that still needs an arm or bridge to connect it to a helmet flip mount. It does not plug directly into a flip mount like a DDA. It will work with the Wilcox bridge but works best with RQE's bridge or the forthcoming RQE JAMR.  We will get some pics on a helmet soon. Thanks for the feedback!

Bridge 
http://www.ultimatenightvision.com/RQE-Universal-Bridge-p/r-ub-ctp.htm


JAMR
http://www.ultimatenightvision.com/RQE-JAMR-Night-Vision-Mount-p/r-jamr.htm

Here are a couple pics using the Vyper-14 hard shoes. These OSS puts the shoes in the exact same place as the Vyper-14 hard shoes. 

Here are a couple more pics of the Vyper-14 w same shoe location for reference 

Thanks for your feedback I am always interested to hear it. RQE is definitely nowhere near the cheapest option but as the old saying goes "you get what you pay for".  If you look around you can find big name brand PVS-14 dovetail shoes for $150-250 and that is for 1 shoe. The OSS comes in a set for $249 so $125 per shoe is fairly cost effective. Combine that with the added modularity, no wobble design, top and bottom capabilities, and weight savings and the OSS becomes very attractive IMO. 

First shipments of the OSS are going out today!