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
File:Pistol 4.png Pistol Glock 22, .40 S&W GTA IV
File:Glock lcs.png 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
File:Cz.PNG 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 MP5K (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
File:BoGTp90.png 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
File:1187 4.png 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
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotgun Dao-12 Streetsweeper, 12 gauge GTA IV (The Lost and Damned)
File:AA12.jpg Shotgun AA-12, 12 gauge GTA IV (The Ballad of Gay Tony)
File:Ak47 3.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
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