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Heckler & Koch Mark 23
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The Heckler & Koch Mark 23 is a semi-automatic large-frame pistol chambered in .45 ACP. It was developed for the Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) project in 1989 to standardize a pistol for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) while fitting the needs of the SOCOM. The OHWS was to be a system made of a pistol, a sound suppressor and a LAM (Laser Aiming Module), and the pistol was to be designed more as a primary weapon than as a backup, using the high-powered .45 ACP round. In August 1991, H&K and Colt were awarded with contracts for the development of the OHWS pistol.
The development involved three stages: Phase I had the manufacturers provide 30 prototype pistols, sound suppressors, and LAMs. Colt was eliminated at this phase. Phase II involved physical testing and delivery of 30 additional pistols with suppressors. Phase III involved a production contract of 1,950 OHWS systems, now classified as the MK 23 Mod 0. H&K based their design on their then-in-development USP design (which would itself be introduced to the world during the development of the Mk 23, in 1993), and the pistols were delivered in 1996. The LAM and the suppressor were developed by Insight Technology and Knight's Armament Company respectively.
While the MK23 Mod 0 designation usually applies to the whole system, it is also commonly used to refer to the pistol component alone. The pistol was also sold to the civilian market, designated the Mark 23.
Heckler & Koch Mark 23 with desert tan frame - .45 ACP. Screen-used weapon from I Am Legend. (photo from Weapons Specialists, Ltd)
Specifications
(1996 - Present)
- Type: Semi-Automatic Pistol
- Caliber: .45 ACP
- Weight: 2.7 lb (1.2 kg)
- Length: 9.7 in (245 mm)
- Barrel length: 5.9 in (150 mm)
- Capacity: 12
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (DA/SA)
The Heckler & Koch Mark 23 pistol appears in the following movies, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier | Kurt Russell | Sergeant Todd | More than likely the very first mainstream appearance of the Mark 23 | 1998 |
| Yamakasi | Special Forces | 2001 | ||
| Don't Die Too Hard! | Serge Riaboukine | Michel Vignault | Suppressed | 2001 |
| Blade II | Daz Crawford | Lighthammer | 2002 | |
| Dead Weight | Seen in the third Malian Brother's (Omar Sy) cache of firearms | 2002 | ||
| Undercover Brother | Tig Fong | Enforcer | Possibly airsoft | 2002 |
| Yesterday | Min-soo Choi | "Goliath" | 2002 | |
| Various | Goliath's Men | |||
| The Red Siren | Vernon Dobtcheff | Vitali | 2002 | |
| Tears of the Sun | Bruce Willis | Lt. A.K. Waters | Both Suppressed and unsuppressed | 2003 |
| Cole Hauser | James 'Red' Atkins | |||
| Johnny Messner | Kelly Lake | |||
| Eamonn Walker | Ellis 'Zee' Pettigrew | |||
| Nick Chinlund | Michael 'Slo' Slowenski | |||
| Chad Smith | Jason 'Flea' Mabrey | |||
| District B13 | Tony D'Amario | K2 | 2004 | |
| Dany Verissimo | Lola | |||
| Alain Rimoux | Police Commissioner | |||
| Today You Die | Jamie McShane | Vincent | 2005 | |
| Four Brothers | Mark Wahlberg | Bobby Mercer | 2005 | |
| I Am Legend | Will Smith | Dr. Robert Neville | FDE Frame | 2007 |
| Wanted | Assassin | 2008 | ||
| Hancock | Criminal | 2008 | ||
| In Bruges | on table | 2008 | ||
| Terminator Salvation | Christian Bale | John Connor | 2009 | |
| Game of Death | Wesley Snipes | CIA Agent Marcus | cover only, fake | 2010 |
| Kick-Ass | Seen in Damon Macready/Big Daddy's Armory | 2010 | ||
| From Paris with Love | John Travolta | Charlie Wax | Suppressed | 2010 |
| Tactical Force | Michael Shanks | Demetrius | 2011 | |
| Maximum Conviction | Steve Austin | Manning | 2012 | |
| Looper | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Joe | 2012 | |
| Bruce Willis | Old Joe | |||
| Noah Segan | Kid Blue | deleted scene | ||
| Dikran Tulaine | Canady | deleted scene | ||
| The Package | Hitman | Suppressed | 2013 | |
| Dolph Lundgren | "The German" | |||
| Sicario | Benicio del Toro | Alejandro Gillick | Suppressed | 2015 |
| Deadpool | Ryan Reynolds | Wade Wilson/Deadpool | airsoft replica | 2016 |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Seen in the the Sommelier's Armory | 2017 | ||
| Ready Player One | Win Morisaki | Daito | Suppressed | 2018 |
| Tokyo Living Dead Idol | Sana Hoshimori | Kisaragi | 2018 | |
| Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Brixton's Operative | Suppressed with LAM | 2019 | |
| Dwayne Johnson | Luke Hobbs | |||
| Jason Statham | Deckard Shaw |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The X-Files | Jeremy Roberts | George Vincent | "Agua Mala" (S6E13) | 1999 |
| Valente Rodriguez | Walter Suarez | |||
| RoboCop: Dark Justice | Maurice Dean Wint | Commander John Cable | Dual-Wielded | 2001 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Michael Trucco | Samuel Anders | "Resistance" (S2E04), Phase II LAM | 2004-2009 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Peter Scanavino | Johnny Feist | "Diamond Dogs" (S5E02) | 2005 |
| Eureka | Seen on the wall | Suppressor and LAM fitted; "Before I Forget" (S1E03) | 2006 | |
| E-Ring | Kerr Smith | Cpt. Bobby Wilkerson | Suppressed; "Friends and Enemies" (S1E18) | 2006 |
| Supernatural | Sterling K. Brown | Gordon Walker | "Hunted" (S2E10) | 2007-2017 |
| Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | "The End" (S5E04) | ||
| Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | Season 6, Season 7, Season 12 | ||
| Jesse Hutch | Crewcut | "Devil May Care" (S09E02) | ||
| Burn Notice | Jeffrey Johnson | Kent Fontenau | "Loose Ends, Part I" (S1E11) | 2007-2012 |
| Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Westen | |||
| Seen in the Gun Engineer's Collection | "End Run" (S3E03) | |||
| Kenny Johnson | Tyler Gray | FDE Frame; "Means & Ends" (S6E12) | ||
| John C. McGinley | Tom Card | |||
| Painkiller Jane | Sean O. Roberts | Riley Jensen | "Pilot" (S1E1) | 2007 |
| US Army MP | "Toy Soldiers" (S1E2) | |||
| XIII: The Conspiracy | Stephen Dorff | Steve Rowland/Russ Tanner | Possibly; Second Part | 2008 |
| Human Target - Season 1 | Mike Desabrais | Assassin | Suppressed; "Pilot" (S1E01) | 2010 |
| Breaking Bad - Season 3 | Jonathan Banks | Michael Ehrmantraut | Suppressed; "Full Measure" (S3E13) | 2010 |
| Breaking Bad - Season 4 | Jonathan Banks | Michael Ehrmantraut | "Bullet Points" (S4E04) | 2011 |
| Bullet in the Face | Max Williams | Gunter Vogler | (S1E01) | 2012 |
| Banshee | Hoon Lee | Job | Stainless; (S1E10) | 2013 |
| The Blacklist | Seen in the Courier's Stash | Rail Adapter | 2013 | |
| Elementary | Andrew Howard | Devon Gaspar | Suppressed and Unsuppressed; "The Diabolical Kind" (S2E12) | 2014 |
| The Walking Dead | Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | Suppressed; "Four Walls and a Roof" (S5E04), "Crossed" (S5E07) | 2014 |
| American Odyssey | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Frank Majors | 2015 | |
| Gunman | "FIGMO" (S1E09) | |||
| Lucifer | Gunman | Fake Suppressor | 2013 | |
| Altered Carbon | Byron Mann | "OG Kovacs" | Modified with Large Sight Mount | 2018 |
| Olga Fonda | Sarah | |||
| Teach Grant | Jimmy DeSoto | |||
| Various | ||||
| Batwoman | Seen in the Wayne Enterprise's Armory | 2019 | ||
| The Boys | Laz Alonso | Mother's Milk | 2022 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Crisis II | "Special Handgun for VSSE Agents" | with LAM unit, two-tone | Phase II prototype. Holds only 9 rounds | 1997 |
| Rainbow Six | "HK MARK23" | with optional suppressor | in-game model is the USP40 | 1998 |
| Metal Gear Solid | "SOCOM" | w/suppressor & LAM unit | Phase II prototype | 1998 |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | HK MARK23 | with optional suppressor | in-game model is the USP40 | 1999 |
| Delta Force: Land Warrior | ".45 SOC" / ".45 SOC SD" | w/ LAM & optional suppressor | 2000 | |
| Time Crisis II | "Special Handgun for VSSE Agents" | with LAM unit, two-tone | Holds only 9 rounds | 2001 |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | "SOCOM" | w/ LAM unit & suppressor | Phase II prototype | 2001 |
| Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | "MK23" / "MK23 SD" | w/ LAM & optional suppressor | 2002 | |
| Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | "US SOCOM" | w/ optional laser, suppressor, or light | 2002 | |
| Splinter Cell | used by hostile NPCs | 2002 | ||
| Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | not usable | 2003 | ||
| Time Crisis 3 | Appears as icon representing Smith & Wesson SW99, not usable ingame | 2003 | ||
| Project IGI 2: Covert Strike | "SOCOM" | w/ Knight's Armament Suppresor & AN/PEQ-6 laser sight | 2003 | |
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | |||
| Aliens vs. Predator 2 | "M-4A4 Pistol" | w/ weaponlight and olive drab finish, sans threaded barrel | 2004 | |
| Ghost Squad | "P4512" | 2004 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes | "SOCOM" | w/suppressor & LAM unit | Phase II prototype, not final version | 2004 |
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | w/ LAM unit | 2004 | ||
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | 2005 | |||
| Chameleon | 2005 | |||
| Conflict: Global Terror | 2005 | |||
| Time Crisis IV | "Handgun" | with weapon light | Holds 16 rounds | 2006 |
| Rainbow Six: Vegas | "MK.23" | w/ optional laser sight and suppressor | Phase II prototype | 2006 |
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | "MK23 SOCOM" | With AN/PEQ-6 LAM and removable silencer | 2007 | |
| Cross Fire | "MK23" | w/prototype Laser Aiming Module | 2007 | |
| Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | "MK.23" | w/ optional laser sight and suppressor | Phase II prototype | 2008 |
| Dark Sector | "Tekna 9mm" | with laser aiming module | "Mark 24" engraved on the slide | 2008 |
| "Tekna Burst" | fictional burst-firing version with extended mag and laser module | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | "Mark 23 Mod 0" | w/ suppressor & LAM unit | Phase II prototype | 2008 |
| Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals | "Mk.23 SOCOM" | 2008 | ||
| Killing Floor | "MK23" | added with update in 2012 | 2009 | |
| Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | Holstered model from Metal Gear Solid 4 | 2010 | ||
| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | 2010 | |||
| Splinter Cell: Conviction | "MK23" | w/ optional laser sight and/or suppressor | Phase I prototype | 2010 |
| SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 | "Mk.23 Mod 0" | w/ optional laser sight and/or suppressor | 2010 | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | 2010 | |||
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | "USP .45" | holds only 7 rounds | 2011 | |
| Assassin's Creed III | w/ extended magazine | 2012 | ||
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | Holstered model from Metal Gear Solid 4, seen on classic and prologue Raiden | 2013 | ||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | "SP M23" | 2017 | ||
| Gun Club VR | Mk.23 | 2018 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts | "ROTWEIL M23" | 2019 | ||
| Trepang2 | "Pistol" | Optional Knight's Armament suppressor, Heckler & Koch USP Match-style barrel weight, Insight Technology prototype laser, fictional burst and full-auto trigger groups | 2023 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy Bebop | ISSP bodyguards | Episode "Pierrot Le Fou", fitted with Wilcox Laser Aiming Modules | 1998 - 1999 |
| Full Metal Panic! | U.S. Navy Admiral | 2002 -2005 | |
| Planetes | Police | Futuristic variant with integrated compensator, torch and laser. | 2003-2004 |
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Ein | Fitted with suppressor and LAM | 2009 |
| Cat Planet Cuties | Fitted with suppressor and LAM | 2010 | |
| Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Ryou Shiranui | 2011 | |
| Jormungand | Lehmbrick aka Lehm | Fitted with suppressor at times | 2012 |
| Jormungand: Perfect Order | Lehmbrick aka Lehm | Fitted with suppressor at times | 2012 |
