 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Shanduro dzePIP nePara dzeM249 dzakashandiswa muhondo yeIraq kubva pakurwiswa. Pakazosvika 2004, vakawanda M249s akanga ari mubasa kweanenge makore 20 uye vakanga vachiwedzera risina kuvimbika. Varwi vakanga vachikumbira kutsiva uye zvinhu zvitsva, uye kune mishumo yavarwi vakabata zvombo zvavo pamwe chete netape. Kuuraya kwezvombo zve5.56 mm kwakamutswa nemibvunzo nemishumo yevarwi vavengi vachiri kupfura pashure pokurohwa kakawanda. Sezvazvakanga zvakaita muhondo dzakapfuura, nzvimbo ine jecha inoita kuti M249 nezvimwe zvombo zvivharike kana zvikasacheneswa kakawanda. 