Users
Albania - Albanian Special forces RENEA and the Albanian Police, further procurement for regular armed forces planned.
Algeria - Algerian Airborne Commando Division.
Argentina - Used by Special forces GEOF and Hawk Special Operations Brigade.
Australia - Australian Army - 4th Battalion (Commando), Special Air Service Regiment, Royal Australian Air Force No. 1 & No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadrons and various Australian Federal and State law enforcement units.
Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Interior Guard.
Bangladesh - Army, Special Forces, Rapid Action Battalion.
Belgium - Gespecialiseerde Verkenningsploegen (GVP) / Equipes Specialisees de Reconnaissance (ESR), Speciaal Interventie-Eskadron (SIE) / Escadron Special d'Intervention (ESI).
Brazil - Brazilian Army Special Forces and several State Police Departments.
Canada - Various police tactical units, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Emergency Response Team (ERT), Joint Task Force Two (JTF-2), naval boarding parties, Emergency Task Force (ETF Toronto).
Chile - 1st Battalion Airborne Forces. Unidad Anti-Terroristas (UAT).
Colombia - Lanceros, Agrupacion de Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas (AFEU).
Czech Republic
Denmark - Danish police and special forces.
Egypt
Finland - Finnish police and Finnish Defence Forces. Designated 9.00 KP 2000.[1]
France - Used by the Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, French Foreign Legion, Commandement des Operations Speciales (COS), Groupement Speciale Autonome and certain specialized units withing the French Army (MP5A5 and MP5SD3 variants).[2][3]
Germany - German State Police, German Federal Police, KSK, Kampfschwimmer, Long Range Reconnaissance Company, Feldjäger (military police), GSG 9. The German Army and German Navy also employ the MP5K.[4]
Greece - Police and Greek Special Forces Directorate. Weapons are manufactured locally by Hellenic Defence Systems (EAS - Ellinika Amyntika Systimata).[5]
Hong Kong - Special Duties Unit.
Hungary - Used by the Hungarian Police, Hungarian Prison Service and Hungarian Ground Forces.
Iceland - Icelandic Coast Guard, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit and Special Forces of the National Commissioner.
India - Indian Army Special Forces, National Security Guards, MARCOS and other units.
Indonesia - Indonesian National Armed Forces counter-terrorism unit.
Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran Army, Iranian police.
Ireland - Sciathan Fianoglach an Airm (Irish Army Rangers).
Italy - GIS, NOCS and other special operating forces such as COMSUBIN.
Jamaica - Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
Japan - Japanese Special Operations Group and Special Assault Team
Jordan - SOU-17.
Kuwait - Kuwait Army.
Latvia - Speciālo Uzdevumu Vienība (special forces) and military police.
Lebanon - 101st Parachute Company.
Lithuania[6]
Macedonia - Macedonian Special Forces.
Malaysia - Malaysian Armed Forces, various special forces units and law enforcement agencies.
Mexico - Fuerzas Especiales and law enforcement agencies such as state and federal polices.
Montenegro - Vojska Crne Gore (VCG).
Morocco - Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, G.S.I.G.R., National Police Force, Gendarmerie Royale.
Netherlands - Netherlands Marine Corps, Royal Marechaussee military police, BBE counter-terrorism unit and several other police formations.
New Zealand - 1st Special Air Service Squadron.
Norway - Norwegian Defence Force (The MP7 is set to replace the MP5) [7], Beredskapstroppen and Norwegian Police.
Pakistan - Pakistan Army standard weapon, built by Pakistan Ordnance Factories under license from HK.
Peru
Philippines - Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Philippine National Police Special Action Force and other police and SWAT units.
Poland - GROM, police special units.
Portugal - Various military units, including the Portuguese Army Special Operations and the Portuguese Marine Corps Special Actions Detachment (DAE). Also used by law enforcement agencies Polícia de Segurança Pública, including the Special Operations Group (GOE), and the Portuguese National Republican Guard (GNR).
Romania - SRI (Serviciul Român de Informaţii) counter-terrorism unit and certain police units.
Saudi Arabia - Special Forces Brigade.
Serbia - SAJ, UBPOK, Serbian Military Police and several other police and military formations.
Singapore - Singapore Police Force.
Slovakia - Slovak police and special forces.
Slovenia - Police and special forces.
South Africa - Various services.
South Korea - ROKA 707th Special Missions Battalion, ROKN Naval Special Warfare Brigade (UDT/SEAL), KNP Special Weapons Attack Team (SWAT), ROKCG Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT).
Spain - Various units, including the UOE and the Tercio de Extranjeros y de Moreria. Also GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales), GOES (Grupo Operativo Especial de Seguridad), GEO (Grupo Especial de Operaciones) and GEI (Grup Especial d'Intervenció (from Catalonia)[8]).
Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment, Special Task Force.
Sudan - Manufactured under a license agreement by Military Industry Corporation as the Tihraga.[9]
Switzerland - FSK-17.
Sweden - National Taskforce (NI), and Piketen, Swedish Police.
Taiwan - Republic of China Army and special forces.
Thailand - Used by the Royal Thai Police.
Turkey - Various services. Built under license from HK by MKEK.[10]
United Arab Emirates - UAE Special Forces, Abu Dhabi Police SWAT, Dubai Police SWAT, UAE VIP Protection Team.
United Kingdom - Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, Specialist Firearms Command, Each forces Firearms Unit, Police Service of Northern Ireland.
United States - Issued to the Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Companies, Marine Security Force Battalions, and Special Operations Units, such as Army Rangers, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, Air Force Combat Control, military law enforcement units and countless law enforcement departments and federal agencies. Civilian ownership is regulated by the National Firearms Act and currently limited to units produced before May 1986.
Vietnam - Battalion special police, SMG-PK 9 mm built by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.
British Virgin Islands - Maritime Patrol officers as well as armored car guards use the MP5K
