The Jobuilt P-996 LAZER is a military fighter jet featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online .
The Jobuilt P-996 LAZER is a military fighter jet featured in GTA V and GTA Online. It is the second military jet available in the , the first being the Hydra in GTA: San Andreas.
The design of the P-996 LAZER is mainly derived from the F-16C Fighting Falcon, evidenced by the entire fuselage, from the nose to the rear, with the two rear downward vertical tail fins, cockpit (with side-mounted control stick), landing gears (main and nose) and wings. The air intake is also derived from the aforementioned aircraft, albeit split into two separate intakes, similar to a Eurofighter Typhoon. Its forward swinging canopy (with zig zag canopy detonation cord), twin vertical stabilizers and horizontal stabilizers are derived from the Lockheed Martin F-35 and X-35. Unlike the F-16, which has only one cannon mounted on the port side, the P-996 LAZER has dual cannons on each side, similar to fighter jets such as the F-20 Tigershark. The Lazer is depicted as carrier-capable, which could possibly be a homage to the Vought model 1600, the carrier-capable version of the F-16. The twin tails are similar to one of the YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype proposals (Model 401F & Model 786) and mostly the Hawker Siddeley HS.1202, a British "F-16" concept.
