Grand Theft Auto 5 Weapons Guide

Our Grand Theft Auto 5 weapons guide will show you how to unlock all Grand Theft Auto 5 weapons that you get to handle in the open world action-adventure. Get ready to kill all enemies in your way with these epic weapons!

GTA 5 has more Weapons than any other GTA game before it, according to Rockstar.

The Grand Theft Auto 5 “Complete Weapons Guide” talks all about the game’s weapons and locations; and how to unlock some of the coolest weapons in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. A lot are received by playing through the game’s Main & Side Missions, but there’s lots of handy tips in here to get the weapons right away at the start of the game. Take a look at the weapon guide videos to find out where they are! 🙂

The Grand Theft Auto 5 weapons strategy guide and a full weapons list follows here-under.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 Weapons Guide

Weapons and Weapon Locations

First, we’ll show you how to get all weapons and weapon upgrades for FREE from Ammu-Nation, the in-game gun shop, early on in the game.

Location: Can be done during any active mission. Example early in the game is: During the “Nervous Ron” Mission at Trevor’s Safehouse, take his ATV to visit the nearby Ammu-Nation gun shop.

STEP 1: You’ll need to get together enough money, around $30,000 should be enough. Don’t worry you’ll get it back, that’s the trick to getting it all for free. The map location and in-game instructions are shown in Gametastik’s video guide below.

STEP 2: During an active mission, go to the gun shop and buy all of the weapons, weapon upgrades, and grenades. Then exit the gun shop and use one of the grenades to kill yourself in-game. This results in the active mission failing and that restarts the mission with all of the money you spent at the gun shop returned to you! BUT if you go back into the gun shop, you’ll see all the weapons & upgrades are all still bought! And you can do this again whenever new weapons have become available to buy at the gun shop.

Next, we have a guide to find the secret RPG location to obtain the heavy weapon on top of the island-bridge (look for the red light) near the Los Santos International Airport.

Following that is the guide to finding the hidden SMG location to obtain the sub-machine gun weapon go right under the pier at Del Perro Beach.

Then there’s the secret Minigun location to obtain the heavy weapon on the Fort Zancudo military base. After going in the entrance, stick to the right side until you reach the big airtraffic tower. Go inside the tower and walk up the stairs until you’re halfway up to Floor 6 with a closed room with inside a guard and the Minigun with a 1,000 rounds of ammo.

Of course it’s no GTA game without having a secret Grenade Launcher location to obtain the heavy weapon with unlimited ammo. To find its location, go to Ron Alternates Wind Farm on the map. Enter the huge cave next to the Pacific Ocean there, and diving underwater at the end of the cave to grab the Grenade Launcher.
When you surface save the game and then reload it and the Grenade Launcher will respawn (or switch between character and back for the same effect). Essentially giving you unlimited ammo, not that you’ll need it with such a powerful weapon.

Lastly, here’s how to find the hidden MG locations. It’s on the side of the highway road at the top of the map, there are multiple spots to find it, as shown in this video guide.

Weapon bullets can also be given a special effect by entering cheat codes during gameplay:
– “Explosive Rounds” on Xbox 360: Right, X, A, Left, RB, RT, Left, Right, Right, LB, LB, LB.
On PS3 press these buttons: Right, Square, X, Left, R1, R2, Left, Right, Right, L1, L1, L1.
– “Flame Rounds” on Xbox 360: LB, RB, X, RB, Left, RT, RB, Left, Square, Right, LB, LB.
On PS3 press these buttons: L1, R1, Square, R1, Left, R2, R1, Left, Square, Right, L1, L1.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Weapons List

The Weapon selection is now done via a Red Dead Redemption-esque weapon wheel the wheel shows how much ammo is in each clip/ammo pool for each weapon, the weapons them selves, the weapons stats in the right hand corner, as well as what mods the weapon has in the middle.

Melee Weapons:

• Baseball Bat
• Fist — How To Get Explosive Melee Attacks: During regular gameplay press these buttons on Xbox 360: Right, Left, A, Y, RB, B, B, B, LT; and on PS3 press: Right, Left, X, Triangle, R1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L2.
• Hammer — How To Unlock: Bonus DLC included with the Special and Collector’s Editions.
• Knife
• Nightstick
• Wrench — How To Unlock: Only available during a certain campaign mission’s torture sequence.

Handguns:

• AP Pistol
• Combat Pistol
• Pistol
• Pistol .50 Caliber — How To Unlock: Bonus DLC included with the Special and Collector’s Editions.
• Stun Gun (Non-lethal Taser)

Sub-Machine Guns:

• Assault SMG (Holds 60 Rounds) — How To Unlock: Available for Story Mode only to Rockstar Games Social Club members (registration is free here).
• Micro SMG
• SMG — How To Unlock: Can be found under the pier at Del Perro Beach.

Shotguns:

• Assault Shotgun
• Bullpup Shotgun — How To Unlock: Bonus DLC included with the Special and Collector’s Editions. It will also be made available to download for owners of the Normal Edition.
• Pump Shotgun
• Sawed-off Shotgun

Assault Rifles:

• Advanced Rifle (similar to the Israeli Bullpup rifle IMI Tavor TAR-21)
• Assault Rifle (similar to the Chinese AK-47 clone Norinco Type 56-2)
• Carbine Rifle (similar to the Heckler and Koch 416 AR)

Light Machine Guns:

• Combat MG (Advanced MG / M249 SAW)
• MG (Type-88) — How To Unlock: Can be found on the side of the highway road at the top of the map.

Rifles:

• Heavy Sniper (Bolt Action Heavy Sniper Rifle / Barrett M82A1)
• Sniper Rifle (Bolt Action Sniper Rifle / L115 AWM)

Heavy Weapons:

• Grenade Launcher — How To Unlock: Can be found at Ron Alternates Wind Farm, by entering the big cave next to the Pacific Ocean, and at the end of the cave diving underwater to grab it at the bottom.
• Minigun — How To Unlock: Can be found at the Fort Zancudo military base’s big airtraffic tower. Go inside and walk up the stairs until you’re halfway up to Floor 6 with a closed room with inside a guard and the weapon.
• RPG — How To Unlock: Can be found on top of the island-bridge that’s near the Los Santos International Airport, it’s next to the the red light at the top of the bridge.

Explosives:

• Grenades
• Sticky Bombs
• Tear Gas

Special:

• Airstrikes — How To Unlock: In GTA Online, security firms that have taken a liking to you can be used to deliver airstrikes.
• Biker Gangs — How To Unlock: In GTA Online, biker gangs can support you during missions if you’re friendly with them.
• Binoculars
• Jerry Can
• Parachute — How To Unlock: The location atop the highest mountain and the cheat are both shown in our Grand Theft Auto 5 Parachute Location Guide.
• Stealth — How To Unlock: In GTA Online, a tech-savvy character you’ve befriended can hide you on the radar.

Weapon Attachments:

The game’s Ammu-Nation gun shop will always be stocked with a pair of special firearms that also have their own unique customization options, skins and attachments. Weapons can be modified with the following: Silencers, Laser Sights, Scopes, Grips, Flashlights, Extended Magazines, and trim colors.

• Extended Mag — The Extended Mag is a weapon attachment.
• Flashlight — The Flashlight is a weapon attachment.
• Grip — The Grip is a weapon attachment.
• High Power Scope — The High Power Scope is a weapon attachment for Sniper Rifles.
• Scope — The Scope is a weapon attachment.
• Suppressor — The purpose of a suppressor is to dampen gunshots and hide the flash.

Credits: Weapon guide by Gametastik, Maka, Liam, Jordan, Deathmule; Weapons list by Wikia.

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