Weapons are at the forefront of all Grand Theft Auto games. Ranging from a simple baseball bat to fishing knives to rocket-propelled grenades to dildo's, there are many different weapons throughout the series. This article mainly details weapons in the GTA III era and Grand Theft Auto IV .
Weapon Skill
In GTA San Andreas , you can increase your skill for a particular weapon by practicing, using the weapon either on a shooting range or on real targets. For each individual weapon you can achieve three skill-levels: Poor, Gangster and Hitman. On the Hitman skill level, you will be able to fire lighter weapons whilst walking, as well as being able to double-wield certain weapons (one in each hand).
Obtaining Weapons
Weapons can be obtained by 6 main means:
Picking up weapons that spawn around the map
Purchasing from Ammu-Nation or other weapon shops - You can purchase certain weapons using your money, however not all weapons are available and the cost can be quite high
For weapons that share ammo, you can save money by purchasing lots of the cheap weapon (eg the Tec-9 ) to gain lots of ammo for that slot, then purchasing the expensive weapon (eg the SMG )
Picking up a weapon from a killed pedestrian or police officer
Weapons spawning as rewards - Once you have reached certain parts of games, such as obtaining a certain number of Hidden Packages , some weapons will spawn at your Safehouses
Weapons being automatically given to the player by other characters, such as those required for a mission
Entering/exiting certain vehicles, e.g golf caddy giving you a golf club
Using Cheats to spawn weapons and extra ammo
List of weapons
This is a list of weapons and weapon types in GTA III era games and GTA IV Era games. Not all of them are available in all games. They are grouped by the weapon slots from GTA San Andreas.
Image
Weapon Type
Name
Appearance
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Pistol
Glock 22, .40 S&W
GTA IV
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Pistol
Glock 17, 9x19mm
GTA Liberty City Stories (only appears in cutscenes in GTA San Andreas)
File:Beretta vcs.png
Pistol
Beretta 92, 9x19mm
GTA Vice City Stories (the Inox version also appears, but only in cutscenes)
File:Pistol 3.png
Pistol
M1911 A1 , .45ACP
GTA III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Chinatown Wars
File:Deagle 4.png
Pistol
Desert Eagle , .50AE .357 Magnum (GTA IV)
GTA San Andreas GTA IV (only appears in cutscenes in GTA Vice City )
File:357 vc.png
Pistol
Colt Python , .357 Magnum
GTA Vice City GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA Chinatown Wars
File:Silenced sa.png
Pistol
M1911 A1 Silenced , .45ACP
GTA San Andreas
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Pistol
CZ 75 , 9x19mm
GTA IV (The Lost and Damned )
File:Tec9 vc.png
Machine Pistol
Tec-9 , 9x19mm
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories
File:Uzi 3.png
Machine Pistol
Micro Uzi , 9x19mm
GTA III GTA San Andreas GTA IV
File:Mac10 vc.png
Machine Pistol
MAC-10 , .45ACP
GTA Vice City GTA Liberty City Stories
File:Mac10 vcs.png
Machine Pistol
Silenced MAC-10 , .45ACP
GTA Vice City Stories
File:Mp5 vc.png
Sub Machine Gun
MP5A3 , 9x19mm
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas
File:Mp5 vcs.png
Sub Machine Gun
SP89 , 9x19mm
GTA Vice City Stories
File:Mp5 lcs.png
Sub Machine Gun
Heckler & Koch MP5 K (K for Kurz, shortened version), 9x19mm
GTA Liberty City Stories
File:Mp5 4.png
Sub Machine Gun
SW MP10, 9x19mm
GTA IV
File:Uzi vc.png
Sub Machine Gun
Micro-SMG (Uzi ), 9x19mm
GTA Vice City GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories
File:Skorpion vcs.png
Sub Machine Gun
Scorpion Vz 8, .32ACP
GTA Vice City Stories
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Sub Machine Gun
P90 , 5.7x28mm
GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony )
File:Spas12 vc.png
Shotgun
SPAS 12 , 12 gauge
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories
File:Shotgun vc.png
Shotgun
Pump Action Shotgun , 12 gauge
GTA III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA IV GTA Chinatown Wars
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Shotgun
Remington 11-87, 12 gauge
GTA IV
File:Sawn-off sa.png
Shotgun
Sawn-Off Shotgun , 12 gauge
GTA San Andreas GTA IV (The Lost and Damned )
File:Stubby vc.png
Shotgun
Stubby Shotgun , 12 gauge
GTA Vice City GTA Vice City Stories GTA Liberty City Stories
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Shotgun
Dao-12 Streetsweeper , 12 gauge
GTA IV (The Lost and Damned )
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Shotgun
AA-12 , 12 gauge
GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony )
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Assault Rifle
AK-47 , 7.62x39mm
GTA III GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA IV GTA Chinatown Wars
File:M4 vc.png
Assault Rifle
Colt Model 733 , 5.56x45mm
GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Chinatown Wars
File:M4 4.png
Assault Rifle
M4A1 , 5.56x45mm
GTA IV
File:M16 vcs.png
Assault Rifle
M16 , 5.56x45mm
GTA III GTA Vice City Stories
File:Ruger vc.png
Assault Rifle
Ruger Mini-14 GB-F, 5.56x45mm
GTA Vice City
File:Sniper 4.png
Sniper Rifle
Bolt Action Sniper Rifle , 7.62x51mm
GTA III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA IV (Appears in minigames in GTA Chinatown Wars )
File:Hunting sa.png
Sniper Rifle
Hunting Rifle
GTA San Andreas
File:M21 vcs.png
Sniper Rifle
M21, 7.62x51mm
GTA Vice City Stories
File:Psg vc.png
Sniper Rifle
H&K MSG90 , 7.62x51mm
GTA Vice City GTA Liberty City Stories
File:Svd vcs.png
Sniper Rifle
Dragunov , 7.62x54mmR
GTA Vice City Stories
File:Psg 4.png
Sniper Rifle
H&K PSG-1 , 7.62x51mm
GTA IV
Sniper Rifle
DSR-1
GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony )
File:Minigun lcs.jpg
Heavy
GEC M134 Minigun , 7.62x51mm
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA Chinatown Wars
File:M60 vc.png
Heavy
M-60 , 7.62x51mm
GTA Vice City GTA Liberty City Stories
File:M249 vcs.png
Heavy (Assault Rifle in Ballad of Gay Tony )
M249 , 5.56x45mm
GTA Vice City Stories Ballad of Gay Tony
File:Rl 4.png
Heavy
RPG-7 Rocket Launcher , 40mm
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA IV
File:Rl vcs.png
Heavy
M72 LAW Rocket Launcher
GTA III GTA Vice City Stories
File:Heatseek sa.png
Heavy
SA-7 Grail Anti-Aircraft Missile Launcher
GTA San Andreas
File:Grenadelauncher.JPG
Heavy
HK69A1 Grenade Launcher, 40mm
GTA IV (The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony )
File:Flame sa.png
Heavy
Flamethrower
GTA III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA Chinatown Wars
File:Nikosfist.jpg
Melee
Fist (Unarmed)
All GTA Games
File:Knife sa.png
Melee
Knife
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA IV
File:Bat 4.png
Melee
Baseball Bat
GTA III era , GTA IV , GTA Chinatown Wars
File:Tommy Vercetti chainsaw.jpg
Melee
Chainsaw
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories GTA Chinatown Wars
File:Katana vc.png
Melee
Katana
GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories
Miscellaneous "weapons"
Individual Games
See Also