industry founded 2007 headquarters abu dhabi united arab emirates products firearms weapons parent edic subsidiaries merkel website www.caracal.ae uae www.caracal usa.com usa headquartered in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates caracal international llc is the region s leading original equipment manufacturer oem small arms producer with a portfolio including the latest technology 9mm striker fired combat pistol 9mm submachine gun smg in standard compact and suppressed versions three tactical rifle platforms and three modular sniper rifles . these weapons are all of original design and have been developed in house for use by civilians or professional law enforcement and military operators . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 pistols 2.2 submachine guns 2.3 assault rifles 2.4 sniper rifles 3 references history edit in 2007 tawazun holdings acquired the assets of caracal international . 1 in the same year caracal announced that their pistols are to be made in germany by using merkel facilities in the country under a deal made between the two companies . 2 3 beginning of 2012 caracal international opened a subsidiary in the united states as caracal usa based in trussville alabama . 4 in september 2013 caracal international announced a recall of all c model pistols . the recall states that the pistols can not be made safe and will not be returned . caracal stated that a refund will be made to its customers . 5 6 in october 2013 the original caracal pistol line was delisted by the manufacturer . the original model line was replaced by the cp660 cp661 and cp662 models as they are very similar to the original caracal f c and sc pistol models but feature redesigned slides . 7 8 9 in 2013 the car814 was shown at idex 2013 to defense officials . 10 in 2015 the caracal 1911 and the car814 816 assault rifles were made available to the public the former appearing first at idex 2015 . 11 products edit pistols edit caracal ef submachine guns edit cmp 9 assault rifles edit caracal car 814 caracal car 816 caracal car 817ar sniper rifles edit caracal cs308 caracal cs338 caracal car 817dmr references edit website of the uae offset program bureau http www.indiastrategic.in topstories22.htm http www.khaleejtimes.com displayarticlenew.asp xfile data business 2007 july business july445.xml & section business http www.manta.com c mtrrd2b caracal usa recall notice via scribd . retrieved 24 november 2014 . http www.thetruthaboutguns.com 2013 09 robert farago broken caracal recalls all c pistols no fix available caracal international unveils next generation models from its three most popular product lines at abu dhabi international hunting and equestrian exhibition ameinfo.com 2013 09 04 . retrieved 24 november 2014 . caracal revamps entire pistol line gunsholstersandgear.com by richard johnson 2013 09 08 . retrieved 24 november 2014 . breaking caracal recalls all c models rolls out all new pistol catalog guns.com by max slowik 2013 09 09 . guns.com . retrieved 24 november 2014 . http www.altair.com.pl news view news id 9756 http www.khaleejtimes.com biz inside.asp xfile data uaebusiness 2015 february uaebusiness february340.xml & section uaebusiness retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caracal international & oldid 738164042 categories companies based in abu dhabicompanies established in 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 08 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view