GTA 6 Weapons: What the Trailers Actually Show

The trailers show shootouts, police chases and action set pieces across Leonida, and in those scenes a small number of weapons can be glimpsed. This guide lists only what is actually visible — and it is a short list, because Rockstar has not officially detailed GTA VI's weapons at all.

Pistols are visible in the hands of characters in Trailer 2's action scenes. Rifles appear during Trailer 2's shootout sequences. Shotguns are glimpsed in the trailers' close-quarters scenes. In each case, what you can confirm from the footage is the type of weapon — a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun — and nothing more.

No weapon names are confirmed. No weapon stats are confirmed. There is no official list of weapons, no confirmed damage or range figures, and no confirmed information about how weapons handle, how they are customised, or how they are acquired. Any site that gives you a named weapon with numbers attached is inventing those numbers.

The same honesty applies to the categories the trailers do not cover. Explosives have no official details: Rockstar has not confirmed any explosive weapons for GTA VI. Heavy weapons have no official details either. Melee combat is suggested in some trailer street scenes, but no specific melee weapons have been officially named. For all of these, the correct status is unconfirmed — not 'probably included', and not 'definitely missing'.

Rockstar has also not detailed any combat mechanics for GTA VI — no cover system, no aiming system, no weapon-handling details. The trailers show action; they do not explain systems. Any combat guide claiming exact mechanics before launch is speculation, and this site will not publish one.

What we will do instead is publish tested combat guides after the game launches on November 19, 2026, based on actual play — with weapons identified from the game itself, and anything untested clearly marked as untested until it has been verified.

Sources: the weapons in this guide are those visible in Rockstar Games' Trailer 1 (December 5, 2023) and Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025). For the latest official information, check Rockstar's official GTA VI site at https://www.rockstargames.com/VI.