The Grand Theft Auto arsenal: pistols, rifles, explosives and special weapons, with the real weapon that inspired each one and where they appear.
See the full dossierEach sheet opens the game's arsenal and searches the source for the complete list: melee, pistols, shotguns, SMGs, rifles, snipers, heavy weapons, explosives, special items, equipment and DLC weapons when the source separates these classes.
The first GTA uses few weapons, but defines the series' basic logic: escalating from simple combat to heavy firepower as the wanted level grows.
London 1969 reuses the arcade violence of the 2D era, but with a British fantasy of sixties crime and vehicle sabotage.
London 1961 is a smaller, free expansion, so the arsenal should be read as an extension of the London pack, without the complexity of the later phases.
GTA 2 turns the arsenal into a futuristic gang toy: beyond handheld weapons, the game highlights upgrades and vehicle armaments.
GTA III takes combat into the 3D city: weapons now have aiming, range, urban cover, and a direct relationship with territory and missions.
Vice City raises the spectacle: melee weapons, chainsaw, high-caliber pistols, heavy machine guns and the minigun match the 1980s criminal fantasy.
San Andreas treats weapons as progression: skill, dual wield, gangs, territories, photography, spray, gifts, and special equipment all enter the same open-world logic.
GTA Advance compresses the Liberty City arsenal for the Game Boy Advance, preserving the essential functions in a top-down perspective.
Liberty City Stories mixes the base of GTA III with an arsenal closer to Vice City, giving Toni Cipriani mafia-war tools in Liberty City.
Vice City Stories adds a military flavor to the tropical arsenal: Vic Vance starts out connected to the army and ends up surrounded by cartels, gangs and smuggling.
GTA IV dials back the excess and weighs down combat: guns are less cartoonish, shootouts are more physical and Niko always seems trapped in a hostile city.
The Lost and Damned adds weapons with a motorcycle-club look: sawn-off, pipe bomb, pool cue and gang combat on urban roads.
The Ballad of Gay Tony scales the arsenal up: gold weapons, automatic shotgun, advanced sniper and sticky bombs match the explosive nightlife.
Chinatown Wars uses a large arsenal for a handheld game, mixing top-down reading with the HD continuity of the Liberty City Triads.
GTA V makes the arsenal part of heists, prep, protagonist switching and consumption: Ammu-Nation, attachments, skins and categories sustain the modern criminal fantasy.
GTA Online turns weapons into a living platform: DLCs, Mk II, special ammo, Gunrunning, Agency, seasonal events and mission items change the arsenal over the years.
The Definitive Edition remasters presentation and controls, but the narrative arsenal belongs to the three original 3D-era games.
The Extended Look (08/27/2026) showed coverage with slow-motion aiming (red kills, yellow disables), disarming, suppressive fire, instantaneous switching between two weapons and a limit of two hidden shorts + two visible longs. The complete arsenal remains unofficial; the dossier loads the GTA Wiki category with warning.