Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment. 2012 ‘Estimated Force Strengths and Arms Holdings among South Sudanese Forces.’ Reaching for the Gun: Arms Flows and Holdings in South Sudan; Sudan Issue Brief Number 19 (Table 1), p. 4. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. 1 April

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Table 1: Estimated Force Strengths and Arms Holdings among South Sudanese Forces

Category: Strength - Estimated small arms holdings - Notes

SPLA: 210,000[52] - 250,000 - Includes some 177,000 soldiers at independence as well as newly integrated JIUs and former rebel forces

SSPS: 50,000 - 50,000 - Only 31,000 firearms registered with SSPS

Prison Service: 22,000 - 6,000 - Received 4,000 AKM rifles

Wildlife Service: 14,000 - 9,000 - Received 4,000 AKM rifles

Fire Brigade: 4,000 - 2,000 - Received 2,000 AKM rifles

Customs: Unconfirmed - 200 - Received 200 AKM rifles

Totals: 300,000 - 317,200

Note: Force strength and weapon holding estimates are based on fieldwork and key informant interviews conducted by the Small Arms Survey November 2011–February 2012.

52) There were approximately 177,000 soldiers at the time of independence. Another 25,000 Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) and a few thousand rebels have since integrated.

[SPLA = Sudan People's Liberation Army; SSPS = South Sudan Police Service]

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