Beta Weapons

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For the weapons models that are only meant to appear during cutscenes, see Cutscene Weapons.

Beta Weapons are weapons that were removed from a Grand Theft Auto game during its development. It also includes some weapons that didn't make it to the final game and weapons have their models changed, and some still exist in the game files. Many made well during development and it is unknown why they were removed. However, some of them can be obtained through cheat device and trainers.

Grand Theft Auto 2

• Weapons called Electro Baton, Instant Vehicle Bomb and Microwave were cut. The first two have their HUD icons inside game files.

Grand Theft Auto III

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA III/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA Vice City/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA San Andreas/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto Advance

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA Advance/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA Liberty City Stories/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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Main article: Beta Content in GTA Vice City Stories/Items and Weapons

Grand Theft Auto IV

• The Silenced Pistol was cut. The silencer is still present in the standard Pistol's textures.
• The MP5 SMG was cut.^[ref?]
• The Revolver was cut, as evidenced by the official art book.
• The Flamethrower was cut.^[ref?]
• The Nightstick was cut.^[ref?]
• The Pool Cue was cut until The Lost and Damned but it can still be obtainable via trainers/modding.
• The Zastava M70 assault rifle was cut and was replaced by the AK-47. The Zastava can still be seen in the second trailer and early screenshots.
• The Minigun was cut.^[ref?]
• The Baseball Bat was assumingly supposed to be wooden. The wooden bat can be seen via the in-game TV. It is also used in the Races in The Lost and Damned.
• The Combat Shotgun was cut but can be seen in artworks and an Xbox/PS3 loading screen.^[ref?]

The Ballad of Gay Tony

• The Assault SMG didn't have the silencer.
• The Advanced Sniper scope was not tinted green.
• The Automatic Shotgun was fully automatic.
• The Parachute was entirely yellow.

Grand Theft Auto V

Michael holding an Mk 18 with a scope and suppressor.

• The Advanced Rifle was more correctly modeled after a CTAR-21.

If you look closely, Michael can be seen with the M1911A1 on the left while Franklin can be seen wielding an unknown Glock pistol.

• The Parachute had the same color scheme from The Ballad of Gay Tony.
• Inside the data files are the weapon stats for a Fire Extinguisher, a Wrench, a Shovel, and an Assault Sniper.
  • The wrench, however, returned in an update in GTA Online.

Lighter at Trevor's Trailer.

• A sniper rifle resembling an SR-25/Mk 12 can be seen wielded by both Michael and Trevor during some artworks, also in the newer update files the cut SR-25/MK-12 Hybrid HUD and texture files could be found. It is named Assault Sniper in-game.

Note Michael on the right wielding the SR-25/Mk. 12 Hybrid.

• In a trailer, Trevor can be seen holding an Assault Rifle with a Laser Sight attachment. This was also seen in another screenshot where it is seen in use by a police helicopter sniper.

Another view of the Glock pistol being wielded by Franklin.

• The Fire Axe was cut.
• The Lasso was cut.
• A SCAR-based weapon named Heavy Rifle was cut, albeit it returned in The Contract update for GTA Online.
• An XM25 Grenade Launcher named Programmable A.R. was cut.
• An HK21-based weapon named the Assault MG was cut.
• An Uzi-based weapon named the Rubber Gun was cut.
• A Lighter as seen in one of the loading screen artworks was cut.
• Some weapons had the green tint by default (i.e., Assault Rifle, Advanced Rifle).
• Some weapons had an older more realistic wood-cast model.
• An Beretta 92FS/M9 Pistol was meant to appear but was probably replaced by the ongoing Taurus PT92.
• One of the pistols (not confirmed which one) had the same shooting noise as the pistol from GTA IV, as Lamar is seen shooting one out of a car in Franklin's trailer. This may have been a placeholder.
• The Rocket Launcher originally had an optional grip attachment, as seen in the official BradyGames Guide. It was taken out in the final game.
• The Sawed-Off Shotgun had wooden grips.
• Several of the weapons in the Beta much more resembled their real-life counterparts (i.e the Bullpup Shotgun resembled the KSG more clearly, and the Combat MG looked more like the FN Mk 48). This can be seen in the HUD icons for some of the weapons as well as the beta models of weapons such as the Assault SMG and Combat MG.
  • Some weapons such as the Assault SMG and Combat MG were originally modified from their TBoGT equivalents before being changed, whether to avoid copyright infringement or for creativity reasons.
• An artwork for the High Life Update suggests that the Bullpup Rifle was originally modeled after the British L85A2 assault rifle. In the final version, it is based on the Chinese QBZ-95.
• The Sword exists in the Grand Theft Auto V game files but it is not available and is unusable, as it has no actual code to function as a weapon. Only the graphics of it exist. It is possible to display it through hacking but it will not function and will be treated merely as if it was a clothing object. It was possibly that the sword was once a usable weapon in the beta version of the game, but was not implemented and got removed very early in development for unknown reasons.
• The Flamethrower was (presumably) cut again.