Tec-9

Type	WEAPON
TEC 9
TEC 9 in GTA San Andreas
Weapon class	Sub-Machine Guns
Ammunition capacity	50 rounds per magazine
Appears in	GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories

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Short range, high-impact automatic weapon. Popular with Cuban drug barons and other law-breakers. No social benefit to this one - unlike most machine guns.

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— GTA Vice City Website.

The TEC-DC 9 (also known as TEC-9) is a light submachine gun appearing in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The TEC 9 has a slow fire rate holding 50 shots in the magazine. It is commonly used by gangs. When the Hitman skill level is reached in GTA San Andreas, the TEC 9 can be dual-wielded.

Description

The TEC 9 is a cheap open-bolt handgun manufactured in the United States between 1980 to 1994 by Intratec. It is based on the Carl-Gustav M/45 submachine gun, more commonly known as the "Swedish K". Originally it was designed as a low-cost alternative to the M/45, but never found a military market. Not wanting to abandon the idea, Intratec put semi-automatic versions onto the civilian market. It gained infamy after criminals found the open-bolt design to be easily convertible to be fully automatic.

Locations

GTA Vice City

• Vice Point - Behind a house near the end of the cul-de-sac across the bridge west of the Well Stacked Pizza Co.

TEC 9's locations map

GTA San Andreas

• Ganton, Los Santos - On the roof of Sweet's house on Grove Street. Use a helicopter or jump from house to house to reach it.
• Ganton, Los Santos - Inside the Johnson House after spraying all 100 Gang Tags.
• Los Santos - Some Grove Street Families carries TEC-9 but after spraying 100 Gang Tags GSF members carry Knives, MP5s and Desert Eagles.
• Los Santos International Airport, Los Santos - Underneath a flyover, next to a parking lot (a reference to the terrorist attack scare at the time).
• Mulholland, Los Santos - Behind a European like house next to the curvy street.
• Las Colinas, Los Santos - Beside a wired fence.
• Blueberry, Red County - Beside the northernmost infrastructure in Blueberry.
• Battery Point, San Fierro - Under the Gant Bridge, just behind Jizzy's Pleasure Domes next to the right column.
• Calton Heights, San Fierro - Behind a house and beside a tree, near the church.
• The Mako Span, Las Venturas side - Underneath the bridge, near the edge.
• Used by most Los Santos Vagos in the mission Los Desperados.

GTA Liberty City Stories

• Saint Mark's, Portland - On a long alleyway southeast of Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club.

Trivia

• In GTA San Andreas, the TEC 9 shares the same weapon skill as the Micro Uzi and both level up through the use of either weapon.
• In GTA San Andreas, the TEC 9 is used by all Los Santos based gangs in missions only while it is only used by members of the Grove Street Families until it is replaced by the SMG when all gang tags sprayed over.
• In GTA San Andreas, firing while in a vehicle increases the weapons fire rate tremendously compared to the normal fire rate while on foot.
• In GTA San Andreas, the TEC 9 has no recoil animation.
• If players were to turn the "Pedestrains have guns" cheat in GTA Vice City, the TEC 9 will be one of their main weapons along with the pistol.

Gallery

HUD Icons

GTA Vice City

GTA San Andreas

GTA Liberty City Stories

In-game

A Tec-9 in GTA Liberty City Stories.

Tommy holding a TEC 9.

Purchasing a TEC 9 from Ammunation in GTA San Andreas.

Carl dual-wielding a TEC 9.

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A Tec 9 on Sweet's house rooftop