- Wilhelm Bubits
Wilhelm Bubits (born
October 28 ,1954 ) inLutzmannsburg , is an Austrian handgun designer and creator of theCaracal Pistol andSteyr Mannlicher M and S model pistols.Biography
As a hobby shooter and former police officer, Wilhelm Bubits used his experience and ideas about handguns to advance modern pistol design. [ [http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/steyr40.htm Steyr M40 & M9: New Super M Series Pistols ] ] Bubits worked for the
Glock firearms company and in 1997 joined another Austrian weapons maker, Steyr Mannlicher. At Steyr, Bubits created the Steyr M and S pistols which were released to market beginning in 1999. In late 2002 Bubits worked with weapons experts from theUnited Arab Emirates in a UAE government sponsored "Small Arms Project" to develop a series of modern pistols. The result of the collaboration was theCaracal Pistol . Weapons manufacturer [http://www.caracal.ae/index.html Caracal International LLC] was incorporated inAbu Dhabi at the end of 2006. Wilhelm Bubits currently heads Caracal's research and development team.References
* [http://www.caracal-firearms.info/ Caracal Photos, videos, informations]
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