Manufacturer catalog

Caracal International

Caracal International is an Abu Dhabi small-arms manufacturer within EDGE Group's Missiles & Weapons cluster, producing pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles for military, law-enforcement, security, and personal-defence markets.

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Caracal International designs, engineers, manufactures, assembles, tests, and supports small arms from the United Arab Emirates, with EDGE identifying the company as part of its Missiles & Weapons cluster and headquartered in Abu Dhabi.

Its catalog relevance starts with the Caracal pistol family, but the public product range also includes the CMP9 submachine gun, CAR 814 and CAR 816 rifles, CAR 817 rifles, CSR precision rifles, and newer machine-gun development described in defense-industry reporting.

EDGE describes Caracal's manufacturing base as using CNC machining, quality-control equipment, moulding technologies, additive manufacturing, CAD/CAM design, and product monitoring against NATO and CIP standards. EDR Magazine reporting adds that the Abu Dhabi operation houses research and development, prototype work, production finalisation, barrel manufacture, heat treatment, and test firing.

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Notable Systems

Caracal pistol, Semi-automatic service pistol, Infantry Weapons

Caracal pistol

Semi-automatic service pistol

UAE-designed semi-automatic pistol family including the Caracal F and Enhanced F branches.

Sources: EDGE Caracal Entity Page, EDGE Enhanced F Product Page

CMP9

9 x 19 mm modular submachine gun listed by EDGE with 5.5 in and 9 in barrel options, 30-round magazines, and short and standard configurations.

Sources: EDGE Caracal Entity Page, EDGE CMP9 Product Page

CAR 816

5.56 x 45 mm short-stroke piston assault rifle listed by EDGE for military and law-enforcement applications, with local-production agreements reported for Indonesia and Malaysia.

Sources: EDGE Caracal Entity Page, EDGE CAR 816 Malaysia Agreement, EDR Magazine Caracal Visit

Manufacturer History

  1. Caracal pistol line unveiled

    Small Arms Survey describes the Caracal series as first unveiled in 2007, while EDGE presents Caracal as a UAE small-arms manufacturer with more than 15 years of production legacy.

    Sources: Small Arms Survey Web Trafficking, EDGE Caracal Entity Page

  2. Enhanced F release

    EDGE says the 9 x 19 mm Caracal Enhanced F pistol was released in 2015 and retained the low bore-axis layout of earlier Caracal pistols.

    Sources: EDGE Caracal Entity Page

  3. Indonesia CAR 816 cooperation

    EDR Magazine reported a March 2021 industrial cooperation agreement with PT Pindad covering co-production of the CAR 816 for the Indonesian market, with Pindad providing barrels and other components.

    Sources: EDR Magazine Caracal Visit

  4. Malaysia CAR 816 manufacturing agreement

    EDGE announced that Caracal and Ketech Asia signed an IDEX 2025 agreement for assembly and manufacturing of the CAR 816 in Malaysia, following an earlier reseller agreement.

    Sources: EDGE CAR 816 Malaysia Agreement

Subsidiaries
Caracal USAMerkelHaenel
Website links
EDGE entity profileEnhanced F product pageCaracal USACMP9 product pageCAR 816 Malaysia production agreement

Caracal's public corporate identity has moved from Tawazun-era reporting into current EDGE Group entity pages. Current EDGE pages support the corporate and product context; older Small Arms Survey material is retained only for dated pistol-family and Libya-transfer background.

Manufacturer Sources

  • EDGE Caracal Entity PagePublisher: EDGE Group | Note: Supports Caracal's manufacturer identity, Abu Dhabi headquarters context, EDGE Missiles & Weapons cluster affiliation, product categories, subsidiaries and growth-abroad context, and Enhanced F release statement. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDGE Enhanced F Product PagePublisher: EDGE Group | Note: Supports the Enhanced F as a Caracal product and provides official product specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDGE CMP9 Product PagePublisher: EDGE Group | Note: Supports CMP9 product context, 9 x 19 mm chambering, 5.5 in and 9 in barrel options, operating principle, 30-round magazine capacity, and short/standard configuration details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDGE CAR 816 Malaysia AgreementPublisher: EDGE Group | Note: Supports CAR 816 product context, 5.56 x 45 mm NATO chambering, adjustable short-stroke gas-piston description, and the 2025 Ketech Asia manufacturing agreement in Malaysia. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDR Magazine Caracal VisitPublisher: EDR Magazine | Note: Supports the 2007 formation statement, Abu Dhabi/Tawazun Industrial Park manufacturing context, Caracal International's non-UAE subsidiary structure, production-capacity context, and Indonesia/India/Malaysia localization reporting. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Caracal USA SitePublisher: Caracal USA | Note: Supports Caracal USA as the U.S. subsidiary/manufacturer context for Caracal-branded U.S.-market firearms. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Small Arms Survey Web TraffickingPublisher: Small Arms Survey | Note: Supports Caracal's Abu Dhabi manufacturing context, Tawazun-era corporate context, pistol-family background, and 2007 unveiling statement. | Accessed: 2026-07-06

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Caracal pistol, Semi-automatic service pistol, Infantry Weapons2014 Second Libyan Civil WarCaracal pistolSemi-automatic service pistolBuilt in: United Arab Emirates / United StatesThe Caracal pistol is a UAE-designed 9 mm semi-automatic pistol family from Caracal International, represented here by the original Model F/C line, the Enhanced F, and the later F Gen II. It matters in the catalog because UN and Small Arms Survey reporting traced Caracal F pistols from UAE-linked transfers into Libya, where examples appeared in Tripoli and online arms-market datasets during the post-2011 conflict environment.