The rifle was the standard weapon of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) until the Japanese invasion. M.95 rifles were later used by both sides during the Indonesian National Revolution. After the conclusion of the war, the remaining rifles were handed over by the KNIL to the new Indonesian Armed Forces. In the 1950s, Indonesian Armed Forces rechambered their M.95 rifles and carbines into .303 British, and muzzle brake were added to the carbine variant. The M. 95 remained in Dutch colonial service at least to 1955, where it was in use by the police force of Suriname.
