It would be interesting to know how South Sudan paid for 173 APCs when the national gov't had been effectively broke since before the civil war broke out in Dec. 2013 (and which itself was a cause of the war breaking out, that is, oil revenue collapsed after the dispute with Sudan over pipeline fees, so less to spread around to the Machar faction).  When was the order finalized? What was the total cost? Was it financed by a UAE-based financial institution with terms, did GOSS pay cash, or did some other entity pay the bill? It takes some time to build and deliver that many vehicles, and if they were already operational by May 2014, the order was likely in BEFORE the civil war began. I'll have to read that UN report...