Weapons

The map of all weapon spawns in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV.

The hidden weapons that The Mayor wants you to find.
- in-game website description


Weapons are at the forefront of all Grand Theft Auto games. Ranging from bare fists to a simple baseball bat to fishing knifes to rocket-propelled grenades to dildos, there are many different weapons throughout the series. This article mainly details weapons in the GTA III Era and HD Universe.

Weapon Skill

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the player can increase his/her skill for a particular weapon by practicing, using the weapon either on a shooting range or on real targets. For each individual weapon, the player can achieve three skill-levels: Poor, Gangster and Hitman. On the Hitman skill level, the player is 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 7 main means:

  • Picking up weapons that spawn around the map
  • Purchasing from Ammu-Nation or other weapon shops
    • For weapons that share ammo, the player can save money by purchasing lots of the cheap weapon (e.g. the Tec-9) to gain lots of ammo for that slot, then purchasing the expensive weapon (e.g. the SMG)
    • In GTA IV, TLAD, TBOGT and GTA V, the player buys one gun then pays a smaller amount for additional ammo (thrown weapons still need to purchased one at a time at full price)
  • Picking up a weapon from killed Pedestrians, gang members or police officers
  • Weapons spawning as rewards - Once the player have reached certain parts of games, such as obtaining a certain number of Hidden Packages, some weapons spawn at the player's Safehouses
  • Weapons being automatically given to the player by other characters, such as those required for a mission
  • Entering/exiting certain vehicles, e.g. the Caddy gives the player a golf club and the Police Car gives the player a shotgun.
  • Using Cheats to spawn weapons and extra ammo (however, using cheats can corrupt the player's save file or otherwise impede game progress)

Individual Games

List of weapons

This is a list of weapons and weapon types in GTA III era games and HD Universe 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
Pistol-GTAIV.png Pistol Glock 22, .40 S&W GTA IV
Pistol-GTALCS.png Pistol Glock 17, 9x19mm GTA Liberty City Stories
(Appears in cutscenes with a slightly different model & texture in GTA San Andreas)
Pistol-GTAVCS.png Pistol Beretta 92, 9x19mm GTA Vice City Stories (the Inox version also appears, but only in cutscenes)
Pistol-GTAV-artwork.png Pistol Taurus PT92 GTA V
Pistol-GTAIII.png Pistol Colt M1911, .45ACP GTA III
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Chinatown Wars
CombatPistol-GTAIV.png Pistol IMI Desert Eagle, .50AE (GTA San Andreas), (GTA V)
.357 Magnum (GTA IV)
GTA San Andreas
GTA IV
(only appears in cutscenes in GTA Vice City)
GTA V
Python-GTAVC.png Pistol Colt Python, .357 Magnum GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
Silenced9mm-GTASA.png Pistol M1911 A1 Silenced, .45ACP GTA San Andreas
Automatic9mm-TLAD.png Pistol CZ-75 Automatic, 9x19mm GTA IV (The Lost and Damned)
Pistol.44-TBOGT.png Pistol AMC Auto Mag Pistol, .44 AMP GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
TEC9-GTAVC.png Machine Pistol Intratec Tec DC-9, 9x19mm GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
MicroUzi-GTAIII.png Machine Pistol IMI Micro Uzi, 9x19mm GTA III
GTA San Andreas
GTA IV
MAC-10-GTAVC.png Machine Pistol Ingram MAC-10, .45ACP GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
MAC-10-GTAVCS.png Machine Pistol Silenced MAC-10, .45ACP GTA Vice City Stories
MP5-GTAVC.png Sub Machine Gun Heckler & Koch MP5A3, 9x19mm Parabellum GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA V
MP5-GTAVCS.png Sub Machine Gun SP89, 9x19mm GTA Vice City Stories
MP5-GTALCS.png Sub Machine Gun Heckler & Koch MP5k (k for Kurz (short), shortened version), 9x19mm GTA Liberty City Stories
MP5-GTAIV.png Sub Machine Gun SW MP10, 9x19mm GTA IV
MicroSMG-GTAVC.png Sub Machine Gun Micro-SMG (IMI Uzi), 9x19mm GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)(golden version)
GTA V
Scorpion-GTAVCS.png Sub Machine Gun Scorpion Vt 8, .32ACP GTA Vice City Stories
AssaultSMG-TBOGT.png Sub Machine Gun FN P90, 5.7x28mm GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
GTA V (appears in the Special and Collector's Editions and in GTA Online)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Sub Machine Gun M1928 Thompson, .45 ACP GTA V
SPAS12-GTAVC.png Shotgun Franchi SPAS 12, 12 gauge GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
PumpActionShotgun-GTAIII.png Shotgun Remington 870, 12 Gauge GTA III
GTA Chinatown Wars
PumpActionShotgun-GTAVC.png Shotgun Ithaca 37, 12 gauge GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
CombatShotgun-GTAIV.png Shotgun Remington 11-87, 12 gauge GTA IV
Sawn-offShotgun-GTASA.png Shotgun Remington Spartan, 12 gauge GTA San Andreas
GTA IV (The Lost and Damned)
StubbyShotgun-GTAVC.png Shotgun Serbu Super Shorty, 12 gauge GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV
GTA V
AssaultShotgun-TLAD.png Shotgun Dao-12 Streetsweeper, 12 gauge GTA IV (The Lost and Damned)
AutomaticShotgun-TBOGT.png Shotgun AA-12, 12 gauge GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
AssaultShotgun-GTAV-artwork.png Shotgun UTAS UTS-15, 12 gauge GTA V
BullpupShotgun-GTAV-artwork.png Shotgun Kel-Tec KSG, 12 gauge GTA V (appears in the Special and Collector's Editions)
AK-47-GTAIII.png Assault Rifle AK-47, 7.62x39mm GTA III
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV
GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA V
M4-GTAVC.png Assault Rifle Colt Model 733, 5.56x45mm GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
CarbineRifle-GTAIV.png Assault Rifle M4A1, 5.56x45mm GTA IV
M16-GTAVCS.png Assault Rifle M16A1, 5.56x45mm GTA III
GTA Vice City Stories
CarbineRifle-GTAV-artwork.png Assault Rifle HK416, 5.56x45mm GTA V
Assault Rifle HK G36c, 5.56x45mm GTA V
Assault Rifle QBZ-95, 5.8x42mm GTA V
Ruger-GTAVC.png Assault Rifle Ruger Mini-14 GB-F, 5.56x45mm GTA Vice City
SniperRifle-GTAIV.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)
SniperRifle-GTAV-artwork.png Sniper Rifle Arctic Warfare Super Magnum rifle GTA V
Rifle-GTASA.png Sniper Rifle Winchester Model 1892 GTA San Andreas
SniperRifle-GTAVCS.png Sniper Rifle M21, 7.62x51mm GTA Vice City Stories
PSG-1-GTAVC.png Sniper Rifle H&K MSG90 (SR9T), 7.62x51mm GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
LaserSniper-GTAVCS.png Sniper Rifle Dragunov SVD, 7.62x54mmR GTA Vice City Stories
CombatSniper-GTAIV.png Sniper Rifle H&K PSG-1, 7.62x51mm GTA IV
AdvancedSniper-TBOGT.png Sniper Rifle DSR-1 GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
HeavySniper-GTAV-artwork.png Sniper Rifle Barrett M82A1 (M107) Anti-materiel rifle, .50 BMG GTA V
Minigun-GTALCS.jpg Heavy GEC M134 Minigun, 7.62x51mm GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA V
M-60-GTAVC.png Heavy M-60, 7.62x51mm GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
M249-GTAVCS.png Heavy (GTA Vice City Stories)
Assault Rifle (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
Light Machine Gun (GTA V)
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon [SAW], 5.56x45mm GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
GTA V
RocketLauncher-GTAIV.png Heavy RPG-7 Rocket Launcher, 40mm GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA IV
GTA V
RocketLauncher-GTAVCS.png Heavy M72 Light Antitank Weapon [LAW] Rocket Launcher GTA III
GTA Vice City Stories
Heat-SeekingRocketLauncher-GTASA.png Heavy SA-7 Grail Anti-Aircraft Missile Launcher GTA San Andreas
GrenadeLauncher-TLAD.png Heavy HK69A1 Grenade Launcher, 40mm GTA IV (The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony)
GrenadeLauncher-GTAV-artwork.png Heavy Milkor MGL Mark 14 (M32), 40mm GTA V
Flamethrower-GTASA.png Heavy Flamethrower GTA III
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
Fist-GTAIV-icon.png Melee Fist (Unarmed) All GTA Games
Knife-GTASA.png Melee Knife GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA IV
GTA V
BaseballBat-GTAIV.png Melee Baseball Bat GTA III Era, GTA IV, GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA V
Chainsaw-GTAVC.png Melee Chainsaw GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
Katana-GTAVC.png Melee Katana GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
Machete-GTAVC.png Melee Machete GTA Vice City
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Melee Hockey Stick GTA Liberty City Stories
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Melee Fire Axe GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
ElectroGun-GTA2-icon.png Futuristic ElectroGun GTA 2


Miscellaneous "weapons"

Beta weapons

See Also