🔫 COMPACT SMG

Overview

"Compact SMG" is a name attached to GTA 6 rather than a long-running series weapon: it surfaced when fans catalogued the unofficial September 2022 gameplay leak, which appeared to show a small, lightweight submachine gun of the kind built for close quarters and drive-bys. Beyond that, very little is solid — the specific real-world firearm it is based on has not been officially confirmed, and is best left unstated rather than guessed.

Honest note: this weapon is known only from leaked footage and fan cataloguing — Rockstar has confirmed no stats, model or details.

Expected Role

Whatever its final stats, a compact SMG fills a well-worn niche in the GTA arsenal: an automatic that is small and light enough to handle on the move, strong inside vehicles and tight interiors, and weak at range — the classic mid-tier step between a machine pistol and a full-size SMG. None of the Compact SMG's GTA 6 numbers — damage, fire rate, capacity, range — have been published, so its exact place in that ladder is unknown.

What We Know for GTA 6

Rockstar has not shown this specific SMG in GTA 6 media; its inclusion is drawn from franchise history.

How to Obtain

Unconfirmed for GTA 6. SMGs in earlier games were bought from gun shops, found in the world, or unlocked through progression — but no GTA 6 price, store, spawn point or unlock has been announced for this weapon, so this page lists none.

The SMG in GTA

There is no long-established weapon called the "Compact SMG" in earlier GTA games — the name belongs to the GTA 6 era. What does have deep franchise history is the broader submachine-gun category, which has been a fixture since the start: the Uzi-style Micro SMG, the full-size SMG, and HD-era additions like the Assault SMG (a Magpul PDR-style bullpup PDW) and later the SIG-MPX-based SMG Mk II and the B&T-MP9-based Tactical SMG. The Compact SMG reads as the next compact entry in that lineage rather than a returning named weapon — which is exactly why guessing its specific model would be inventing detail the footage does not establish.

Real-World Context

The "compact SMG" is less a single gun than a whole design philosophy. Ever since the submachine gun shrank from the WWII-era full-size weapon into postwar designs like the Israeli Uzi, manufacturers have pushed the same idea further: a fully-automatic weapon firing pistol-calibre ammunition, small and light enough to be carried discreetly, fired one-handed, or stowed in a vehicle. That niche is filled today by machine pistols and personal-defence weapons such as the Steyr TMP, the Brügger & Thomet MP9, the CZ Scorpion EVO and the SIG MPX.

The trade-off is always the same: rate of fire and concealability in exchange for range, accuracy and stopping power. That is precisely why this class is a natural fit for a Miami-set crime game — it is the weapon of close-up ambushes and drive-bys rather than open firefights. But matching the GTA 6 Compact SMG to one of those specific real firearms would be speculation; the leaked footage shows a compact automatic, not a confirmed make and model.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated May 31, 2026. For the full database, visit our Weapons Wiki Database.