AN/PVS-14
The AN/PVS-14 is the JETDS designation for a monocular night vision housing for MX-11769 image intensifiers developed by Elbit. This popular and successful design has been produced by other companies such as ACTinBlack and L3Harris as well as being both copied and improved upon by yet more actors on the market.
Features
- Single AA battery compartment
- Manual gain control
- IR illuminator
- Bright source protection
- Shutoff contacts at the mounting point (used by J-Arm combined with Rhino helmet mounts)
History
The AN/PVS-14 was designed in 2000 and entered into US Military service that very same year and remains (as of August 2022) in use with the US Armed Forces as well as a number of NATO-member countries.
Designed to use a thin-film 3rd generation IIT and is operated by a single 1.5V AA battery.
Manufacturers
Original device
While developed by Elbit Systems it has been produced by L3Harris and Elbit Systems of America (formerly L3, Harris Night Vision, Exelis, ITT).
Other manufacturers
Troya Tech Defense Ltd
Troya offers a clone of the AN/PVS-14 called Tyto that supposedly meets the specifications of the original.[1]
The device can be identified as a clone due to the single glass window protecting both the IR illuminator and the automatic shutoff sensor, whereas the original device feature two separate round windows.
ACTinBlack
ACTinBlack sold a clone with the name ACT PVS-14.
It is unclear whether or not it has been developed or produced in-house. The ACT PVS-14 features the same difference from the original as the Troya Tyto. Thus, the ACT PVS-14 could be either rebranded from or produced under license of Troya.
ACT has further developed the original form to create the ACT THE-14, which is compatible with most - if not all - accessories for the AN/PVS-14, whilst remaining a distinctly different device.
