Caracal International

Caracal International
Private
Industry Arms industry
Founded 2007
Headquarters Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Products Firearms, weapons
Parent Tawazun Holdings
Subsidiaries Merkel
Website

www.caracal.ae(UAE)

www.caracal-usa.com(USA)

Caracal International is an Abu Dhabi-based company in the United Arab Emirate. It is a small arms company responsible for making small arms for domestic and international use for civilians, military and law enforcement customers. It is a subsidiary of Tawazun Holdings.

History

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 facilties 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 cannot 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 2015, the Caracal 1911 and the CAR814/816 assault rifles were made available to the public, which made its debut at IDEX 2015.[10]

Products

Handguns

Pistol Carbines

Assault Rifles

Sniper Rifles

References

  1. ↑ Website of the UAE Offset Program Bureau
  2. ↑ http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories22.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/2007/July/business_July445.xml&section=business
  4. ↑ http://www.manta.com/c/mtrrd2b/caracal-usa
  5. ↑ "Recall notice via Scribd". Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/09/robert-farago/broken-caracal-recalls-all-c-pistols-no-fix-available/
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Caracal Revamps Entire Pistol Line gunsholstersandgear.com by Richard Johnson 2013-09-08". Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/uaebusiness/2015/February/uaebusiness_February340.xml&section=uaebusiness
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