>I know that the A&K Mk. 23 has been a source of some irritation, so
>I'll try and make this (minor, non-urgent) question brief/harmless.
>Does it resemble the H&K Mk. 23 at all, or have that gun in its
>ancestry?

It could be considered a descendant, sort of in the same way that the current M4A1 carbine is a descendant of the Armalite AR-10. They're probably visually quite similar.

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