Tear Gas

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The Tear Gas as depicted in the HUD of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In real life, tear gas is generally considered to be a non-lethal weapon, but in the world of GTA, it's anything but. Granted, it does take prolonged exposure to the gas to kill, but in confined spaces, this can be arranged. However, seeing as the gas causes people to stop what they are doing while they cover their face and cough, the most practical use for this weapon is to slow enemies down while the player is trying to escape or switch to another weapon.

In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, by deploying the Tear Gas too close to the player, he too, will lose health from the noxious gas, and the longer he stays there, the greater he loses his health, thus dying, much like other pedestrians. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Tear Gas can be used to attack pedestrians, while the player is unaffected and can freely walk around the gas, until the smoke subsides. By dropping more Tear Gas, the smoke will be longer and any pedestrians or cops enters the smoke will be choked on by the toxic gas until finally dying.

The Tear Gas is not meant to be obtained in GTA Vice City (PC and Xbox versions), GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories. However, the weapon is fully functional and can be obtained only by using trainers or modifications.

Locations

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

• Washington Beach - Behind the Washington Beach Police Station (PS2 original version only)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

• Mulholland Intersection, Los Santos - On the steps of the building west of the car park and north of the ZIP store in Downtown Los Santos
• Ocean Docks, Los Santos - Beside some crates and boxes in a warehouse being passed by a railway
• Easter Basin, San Fierro - Inside the carrier at Easter Basin Naval Station
• K.A.C.C. Military Fuels, Las Venturas - On the tarmac
• Las Venturas Airport, Las Venturas - Beside some Dodos and the yellow and white "ramps"

Glitch

There is a glitch in GTA San Andreas involving the Tear Gas. It involves throwing tear gas on to a dance floor and the killing one member of the dance and then all the other members of the dance will die in the same manner, all at the exact same time by themselves.It is demonstrated in this video. <youtube>NwsKnKXg7wg</youtube>