 German Empire
 Nazi Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Brazil
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Democratic Republic of Georgia
 Lithuania: About 800 MG 08 (7,92 mm sunkusis kulkosvaidis 08 m.) and 520 MG 08/15 (7,92 mm lengvasis kulkosvaidis 08/15 m.).
Some MG 08 were modernized for anti-aircraft defense.

 Netherlands: Ex-German MG 08s confiscated at the end of WWI entered Dutch service in 1925 in the light anti-aircraft role, with the designation M.25.

 South Korea
 Republic of China: Made under license as the Type 24 heavy machine gun.

 People's Republic of China: Type 24 chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

 Finland: MG-08 and MG-15 versions used by Finland as late as Continuation War.

 North Korea: Used Chinese Type 24 during the Korean War.

 Manchukuo: Chinese-made Type 24s
 Ottoman Empire
 Romania
 Serbia
 Spanish Republic
 Turkey: Used Turkish War of Independence.

 Norway
 Poland: in 1918-44, up to 5,964 MG 08 (ckm wz.08) and 7,775 MG 08/15 (lkm wz.08/15)
 Vietnam: Viet Minh used Chinese Type 24 during the First Indochina War, as did the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

 Indonesia: Used Chinese Type 24.

 Malaysia: Used Chinese Type 24.

 Latvia
 Yugoslav Partisans
 German Empire
 Nazi Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Brazil
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Democratic Republic of Georgia
 Lithuania: About 800 MG 08 (7,92 mm sunkusis kulkosvaidis 08 m.) and 520 MG 08/15 (7,92 mm lengvasis kulkosvaidis 08/15 m.). Some MG 08 were modernized for anti-aircraft defense.
 Netherlands: Ex-German MG 08s confiscated at the end of WWI entered Dutch service in 1925 in the light anti-aircraft role, with the designation M.25.
 South Korea
 Republic of China: Made under license as the Type 24 heavy machine gun.
 People's Republic of China: Type 24 chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.
 Finland: MG-08 and MG-15 versions used by Finland as late as Continuation War.
 North Korea: Used Chinese Type 24 during the Korean War.
 Manchukuo: Chinese-made Type 24s
 Ottoman Empire
 Romania
 Serbia
 Spanish Republic
 Turkey: Used Turkish War of Independence.
 Norway
 Poland: in 1918-44, up to 5,964 MG 08 (ckm wz.08) and 7,775 MG 08/15 (lkm wz.08/15)
 Vietnam: Viet Minh used Chinese Type 24 during the First Indochina War, as did the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
 Indonesia: Used Chinese Type 24.
 Malaysia: Used Chinese Type 24.
 Latvia
 Yugoslav Partisans
MG 08