Best Machine Guns in GTA 5
Machine guns and submachine guns, ranked by damage with fire rate as the tie-break. The class spans the compact SMGs you can fire from a car and the belt-fed guns you cannot.
The four bars are Ammu-Nation's figures out of 100. For drive-bys, the SMGs are the ones to look at regardless of where they rank on damage.
#1The Combat MG Mk II is a fully automatic 7.62mm custom machine gun in Grand Theft Auto Online, added with the Gunrunning update. It is the Mark II conversion of the Combat MG, with a cleaner, more modern body. Its design combines elements associated with the Mk 48 and Mk 43, including a Mk 48-like receiver and trigger assembly, a Mk 43-style barrel and front sight, a covered handguard with a lower rail, and a skeletal stock.
#2The Unholy Hellbringer is a fully automatic plasma rifle in the machine guns class in Grand Theft Auto Online. Added with Arena War during Unholy Hellbringer and Widowmaker Week on January 8, 2019, it has a square body, three barrels, a drum-shaped magazine and a short stock. Three alien-head markings appear on its side. Its design comes from the weapon used by Dick and Butch in Republican Space Rangers.
#3The Gusenberg Sweeper is a fully automatic .45 calibre submachine gun, although Grand Theft Auto V places it in the machine gun category alongside the MG and Combat MG. Its name references the Thompson's "Trench Broom" and "Chicago Typewriter" nicknames. The weapon resembles a Thompson with a World War II era M1 or M1A1 style stock, a drum magazine, and worn, discoloured wooden furniture.
#4The Combat MG is a fully automatic machine gun, classified as both a light machine gun and a general purpose machine gun. Previously called the M249 and Advanced MG, its Grand Theft Auto V model draws on a larger calibre derivative of the M249. It combines an M249 adaptor and very short barrel with a fictional handguard and a distinctive stock. Rather than a folding bipod, it has Picatinny rails for attachments.
#5The Shrewsbury MG, also called the Light Support Machine Gun, is a fully automatic 7.62mm general-purpose machine gun in the Machine Guns class. Its design draws on a belt-fed machine gun, fitted with a drum magazine and a shortened gas tube resembling those on AK-pattern weapons. It has a railed four-sided handguard and an upper receiver rail, but no bipod or carry handle.
#6The Vom Feuer Tactical SMG is a fully automatic 9mm submachine gun added to Grand Theft Auto Online with the San Andreas Mercenaries update. It has a 33-round magazine and sits in the machine guns category. Its design strongly resembles the Russian AEK-919K, while its lack of a vertical foregrip follows the civilian SPP-style configuration. The weapon is sold by the Gun Van for $325,000 when it is in stock, subject to any applicable discount.
#7The Machine Pistol is a fully automatic 9mm machine gun manufactured by Vom Feuer. Also known as the Tec9, it draws its GTA V design from the TEC-DC9 Mini, with a barrel extension and a sling ring at the rear. Its compact magazine holds 15 rounds.
#8The Coil Combat PDW is a fully automatic personal defense weapon listed among the machine guns, though it functions as a submachine gun. It arrives with the Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1 update and carries a 40 round magazine. Coil builds it as a hybrid compact firearm with an integrated suppressor. Its available attachments include a Scope, Grip, Flashlight and Extended Clip. Grand Theft Auto Online later adds a Drum Magazine through Further Adventures in Finance and Felony.
#9The Hawk & Little Mini SMG is a fully automatic 9mm machine pistol in the machine gun class. Added with the Bikers update for Grand Theft Auto Online, it takes its design chiefly from the Škorpion Vz. 82. Its straight magazine and 9mm chambering reflect that model. The Mini SMG has a 14-round clip, with damage rated at 22, fire rate at 84, accuracy at 30 and range at 25.
#10The Assault SMG is a fully automatic Personal Defense Weapon in the Machine Guns class, made by Vom Feuer. Its model is based on the Magpul PDR, without that weapon's forward ergonomic grip, and it has an integrated carry handle above a short top rail. It uses Cal 5.7×28mm or STI ACB 6×30mm ammunition and carries 40 rounds per clip. A suppressor is not fitted as standard, though it can be added through the attachment system.
#11The Hawk & Little SMG Mk II is a fully automatic 9mm custom submachine gun in Grand Theft Auto Online, added with the Gunrunning update. It is the Mark II conversion of the SMG. Its cleaner body replaces the original's worn appearance, with a squared forend, vented handguard, revised iron sights, charging handle and a finger-moulded grip. The lower receiver remains close to the base SMG, while the weapon has no stock, only an end cap with a sling ring.