 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - M249s yakaona chiito mukukakavadzana kukuru kunosanganisira United States kubva pakurwiswa kweU.S. kwePanamamuna 1989. Nekuda kwehuremu hwepfuti uye zera, United States Marine Corps yakatanga kuendesa M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, nehurongwa hwekutsiva zvimwe M249 muUSMC sevhisi mune ramangwana. 