The short version
- Grenade launcher: Trailer 2, at about 1:58, fired from a moving vehicle.
- Molotov cocktail: the Extended Look, used by Lucia to burn a getaway car.
- An explosives-laden weapons crate comes on the Ultimate Edition's Squalo boat.
- Rob Nelson's carry rule covers handguns and long guns; throwables were not mentioned.
Explosives are the thinnest weapon class on the official record, but the class is no longer empty. Rockstar has shown one launcher and one thrown weapon, and named a crate of explosives in its edition text.
That is three items, each from a different kind of source, and it pays to be exact about what each one proves.
The evidence, item by item
Listed in the order Rockstar published them.
Grenade launcher: Trailer 2, about 1:58
Seen from behind, a shooter aims out of a vehicle as a car flips in a fireball beside a pursuing police SUV. GamesRadar identifies the shooter as Lucia and the weapon as the series' grenade launcher; PC Gamer notes the model looks close to GTA V's.
It is a shot of about two seconds. It confirms the weapon exists and can be fired from a vehicle. It says nothing about ammunition or where the launcher sits in the inventory.
Molotov cocktail: the Extended Look
After helping Raul Bautista escape from the police, Lucia destroys the evidence by lighting a Molotov and torching the getaway car, as GamesRadar's breakdown of the August 27 presentation describes.
That makes it the first thrown weapon seen in GTA VI gameplay rather than in a trailer, and it is used for a story beat, not a firefight.
The Squalo's crate: edition text
Rockstar's Ultimate Edition listing describes a gradient pink and blue Squalo boat, docked at Washington Beach, "made open-ocean-ready with an explosives-laden weapons crate".
The text does not say what is in the crate. It does show that explosives can arrive attached to a vehicle, as stock, rather than only as pickups.
The question the carry rule does not answer
Rob Nelson's description to TGG covered two groups: two concealed handguns and two visible long guns. A Molotov is neither, and a grenade launcher is a long gun only if Rockstar classes it as one.
Three possibilities
Throwables take no gun slot and keep their own count, as they did in GTA V. Launchers count as long guns and take the back or the hand. Or heavy weapons live mainly in vehicles, like the Squalo's crate.
Rockstar has not said which. The first is the series habit, which is precedent and not confirmation.
Explosives through the series
| Game | What you could throw or launch | How it was carried |
|---|---|---|
| GTA IV (2008) | Grenades or Molotovs; the RPG as the heavy weapon | One weapon per class, so one throwable type at a time |
| GTA IV episodes (2009) | The grenade launcher's first playable appearance, after being cut from the 2002 game | Heavy weapon class |
| GTA V (2013) | Grenades, sticky bombs and Molotovs; the grenade launcher | Everything owned, on the eight-slot wheel (throwables top left, heavy weapons left) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) | Dynamite, fire bottles, throwing knives and tomahawks | Listed with melee weapons, apart from the guns |
| GTA VI (2026) | A grenade launcher and a Molotov, so far | Not stated |
The Molotov is the series' constant
It has appeared in every mainline game since GTA 2 in 1999, according to the GTA Wiki's history of the weapon.
Its return was never in doubt. Seeing it used to burn evidence, as a piece of story, is the new part.
What would change this page
- A preview or Rockstar post showing hand grenades, sticky bombs or C4 in play.
- A statement on whether throwables count against the two-handgun, two-long-gun rule.
- The contents of the Squalo's crate.
- Any non-lethal throwable, given the yellow incapacitation markers previewers describe. Our non-lethal play analysis tracks that side.
Frequently asked questions
What explosives are in GTA 6?
A grenade launcher (Trailer 2) and a Molotov cocktail (the Extended Look) have been shown. Rockstar's Ultimate Edition text also mentions an explosives-laden weapons crate on the Squalo boat.
Are there grenades in GTA 6?
No hand grenade appears in the official material catalogued by GamesRadar as of August 28, 2026. The grenade launcher does.
Do throwables count against the GTA 6 carry limit?
Unknown. Rob Nelson's rule covers two concealed handguns and two long guns and does not mention throwables.
Where is the grenade launcher in the GTA 6 trailer?
In Trailer 2, at about 1:58, fired from a vehicle during a police chase.
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- Rockstar Games - Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025) - Timestamps on this page refer to this upload.
- Rockstar Games - Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look (August 27, 2026)
- PlayStation Store - Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition Upgrade - Rockstar's item text for the Morgan Revolvers, the personalised sidearms and the Squalo's weapons crate.
- GamesRadar+ - All of the GTA 6 weapons we've seen so far (updated August 28, 2026)
- PC Gamer - Every GTA 6 gun in the trailers and screenshots (June 26, 2026)
- GamingBolt - GTA 6 lets you carry 2 concealed handguns and 2 long guns (September 7, 2026) - Quotes Rockstar North's Rob Nelson from TGG's preview.
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