Last updated: 5 September 2026

GTA 6 Weapons Guide — Every Confirmed Gun So Far

GTA games live and die by their gunplay, and GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto VI) is changing more about it than any entry since GTA 4. Because the game has not released, Rockstar has not published an official weapons list, but between the trailers, promotional screenshots, and the August 27, 2026 "Extended Look" gameplay reveal (which premiered on Netflix ahead of a wider YouTube release), Rockstar itself has now shown real gunplay footage rather than just artwork. This guide separates what Rockstar has actually shown — including the Extended Look's confirmed weapon-swap and weapon-wheel mechanics — from what's still leaked or guesswork, and covers the bigger story: GTA 6 reportedly moving away from the series' infinite backpack toward a strict carry limit.

01How to Read This Guide: Confirmed vs Speculation

Because GTA 6 has not released, every claim here is labeled by source:

• Confirmed, official name: Rockstar itself has shown the weapon's actual in-game name — as visible text/engraving in an official screenshot, or in the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition's weapon-skin descriptions. Any real-world gun it visually resembles is just background context, not a placeholder name.
• Confirmed, name unknown: the weapon is unmistakably visible in official trailer or screenshot footage, but Rockstar hasn't shown or confirmed an in-game name for it yet. Where a name appears below for one of these, it's a community placeholder based on visual resemblance to a real firearm (Rockstar always renames real guns for its games — e.g. the Beretta 92FS became the "Pistol" in GTA 5) — treat it as provisional.
• Leaked, not Rockstar-confirmed: reported consistently across multiple outlets citing datamined or leaked material, but never shown in anything Rockstar has officially released.
• Speculation: based on patterns from past GTA games, not on anything Rockstar has shown or that's been leaked specifically for GTA 6. Called out explicitly so you don't mistake it for a reveal.

GTA 6 releases November 19, 2026. Expect an official weapons breakdown closer to launch, most likely alongside a dedicated gameplay deep-dive.

02Confirmed Named Weapons

Five weapons have surfaced consistently enough across official trailer footage, screenshots, and the Extended Look gameplay reveal that they're worth calling out individually — four of them by their actual, Rockstar-confirmed in-game names:

• Girardi ES9 — Jason Duval's go-to sidearm, seen repeatedly in official footage. This is its real in-game name, confirmed via the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition's personalized weapon-skin description for Jason's pistol (engraved with the Latin phrase "Sua Sponte"). Visually modeled on the real-world Beretta 92FS, from an in-universe manufacturer called Girardi.
• Klose K-17 — Lucia Caminos's preferred handgun in official trailer appearances, likewise confirmed as its actual in-game name through the Ultimate Edition's personalized weapon-skin material (engraved with roses and Lucia's signature). Visually modeled on the real-world Glock 17, from an in-universe manufacturer called Klose.
• Mustang .357 Revolver — a revolver visible in a biker-gang screenshot released as part of Rockstar's official promotional material; the barrel marking reading "MUSTANG .357" (with a Duke Arms Company logo) is legible directly in the screenshot, making this a confirmed in-game name rather than a fan guess. Modeled on the real-world Colt Python, and tied to the Final Chapter MC biker gang in Ambrosia.
• Duke 556 — an assault rifle Jason smoothly picks up from an enemy during an office firefight late in the August 27, 2026 Extended Look reveal. This is Rockstar's own in-game name for the weapon, not a fan label, making it the newest confirmed named weapon as of this writing.
• MP5-style SMG — an MP5-pattern submachine gun both Jason and Lucia are shown wielding together during the bank-robbery sequence in Trailer 2 (released May 6, 2025). No in-game name has been shown for this one yet, and no community name has settled either.

Beyond these five, official screenshots, trailer freeze-frames, and the Extended Look show recognizable handgun, shotgun, rifle, and sniper silhouettes — a Colt 1911-style pistol, a bolt-action hunting rifle, a pump-action and a long-barreled double-barrel shotgun, an AR-pattern carbine, and an assault-sniper rifle resting against a character's leg in one screenshot. None of these have a settled community name yet, and Rockstar has not confirmed in-game names for any of them.

03Melee and Throwables: Seen, But Not Confirmed as Equippable

Trailer footage and screenshots show characters near or holding a baseball bat, a golf club, a hammer, a crowbar, a pool cue, and a knife, plus thrown items like a Molotov cocktail and what appears to be a grenade. GTA has included equippable melee and thrown weapons in every game since GTA 3, so their presence as usable items is a safe expectation — but as of the most recent trailers, it has not been explicitly confirmed whether every one of these objects functions as a selectable weapon or is simply set dressing in a scene. Treat the specific melee and throwable roster as likely, not locked in.

04The Big Leak: A Strict Carry Limit, Red Dead Redemption 2-Style

The most significant weapons-system change reported for GTA 6 has nothing to do with any individual gun — it's how many you can carry at once. Every mainline GTA since GTA 3 let you hold an ever-growing arsenal simultaneously. Consistent leaks and datamine reporting (echoed across multiple outlets, though not yet confirmed by an official Rockstar statement) say GTA 6 ends that:

• Carry limit: reportedly a maximum of two rifles and two pistols on your person at any time.
• Trunk storage: any additional firearms beyond that limit would be stored in your vehicle's trunk rather than your body — before a mission or heist, you'd pick your loadout the way you would in Red Dead Redemption 2, rather than pulling from an infinite pocket dimension.
• Reorganized weapon wheel: instead of one wheel for every weapon type, leaked reporting describes GTA 6's wheel as split into three categories — Weapons, Equipment, and Gear.
• No dual-wielding: akimbo weapons, a feature in some prior GTA games, does not appear to return based on what's been shown so far. Characters can switch which hand holds a weapon, but not fire two at once.

If accurate, this would mirror the design philosophy Rockstar established with Red Dead Redemption 2's satchel-and-horse storage system, and would signal GTA 6 leaning harder into loadout planning ahead of missions rather than the series' traditional "carry everything at all times" approach. Treat the specific numbers as credible but unofficial until Rockstar confirms them directly.

What IS officially confirmed, from Rockstar's own August 27, 2026 Extended Look reveal: a weapon wheel does return in some form, and combat footage shows Jason and Lucia swapping between two carried firearms on the fly without opening it at all — for example Lucia moving between a rifle and her pistol mid-fight. That's a real, Rockstar-shown mechanic, distinct from the still-unconfirmed leak about a strict two-rifle/two-pistol cap and a three-way wheel split.

05Equipment and Gear: A Third Wheel Category

Alongside the reportedly reorganized Weapons wheel, leaked material points to a dedicated Equipment/Gear category covering non-lethal and utility items. Items shown or referenced in official trailers and screenshots include body armor, a flashlight, binoculars, a lock pick, zip ties, a duffel bag, a backpack, and a Taser — these items themselves are confirmed visible in official material. Some of these — like the lock pick and zip ties — line up with heist-prep gameplay Rockstar has already confirmed exists in GTA 6 (see our heists guide). Whether they're actually split into separate "Equipment" and "Gear" wheel categories, and where the exact boundary falls, comes from leaked reporting rather than anything Rockstar has detailed directly.

06What's Still Unconfirmed

A large amount of GTA 6 weapons content circulating online is not from Rockstar. Treat the following as unconfirmed:

• A complete weapons list. Fan sites publish "all 20+ confirmed guns" round-ups, but these mix genuinely confirmed trailer sightings with speculative real-world-firearm matching. No official Rockstar list exists yet.
• Exact ammo capacities, damage values, or attachment systems. None of this has been shown in any official capacity.
• The exact carry-limit numbers and a three-way Weapons/Equipment/Gear wheel split. Rockstar's Extended Look confirmed a weapon wheel and two-weapon quick-swap exist, but the specific "two rifles, two pistols" cap and the three-category split are still leak-sourced, not something Rockstar has detailed itself.
• A complete list of Ultimate Edition exclusive weapon variants. Rockstar has confirmed personalized weapon skins for the Girardi ES9 and Klose K-17 as Ultimate Edition content (see above), but hasn't published a full list of every pre-order or edition-exclusive weapon variant beyond those two.
• Whether every melee/throwable object shown is a usable weapon, as covered above.