The type became widely used by Allied forces in World War I warfare for multiple observation or naval defence uses and later also as a anti-aircraft barrage balloon.

In June 1915, Caquot became the director of the Chalais-Meudon mechanical aerostation workshop, where he was instructed to lead military balloon production by his designs.

[3] Between July and the end of November 1916, 46 type M balloons were built in Chalais-Meudon for the British, then the production was retaken by factories in the United Kingdom.

Until the end of war, French Army forme 76 units equipped with Caquot balloons, being used for artillery adjustment and general observation of the battlefield.

In the United Kingdom production was restored during World War II, British army was using those until the 1960s for testing parachutes, observation missions and for non-combat aerial photography.