Sanya carries it all well, which someone who knows about her should expect. Some things stick out.

- The winter coat, fuzzy mittens and scarf. Given the known endurance and environmental protections of a Strike witch, that she has these indicates action in a Severe arctic environment. Or just being stationed somewhere experiencing a Orussian winter.

- the degree of loadout indicates either the expectation of extensive combat Real Soon but not Now - or else that she is in the process of moving base and taking as much kit with her at the time as is prudent, given the possibility the place she is leaving may not be there to go back to, which seems more likely.

-The fuzzy mittens are not standard kit (A bit too fuzzy for ease of use). The scarf, however, may be.

-The expression on her face is far more irate than Sanya's norm even in combat. This seems likely to be a picture from before the formation of her current unit, which would explain many of the details; It would also imply a pretty harsh winter campaign against the invading Neuroi forces in Orussia, with bases falling right and left and witches packing up every last bit of ordinance they can carry.

This is, of course, nearly baseless speculation, but...really fits well with the mythlogy of her character. It would give some other personel who might learn of such campaigns cause to think this explains Sanya's generally even temperment.

They're wrong, of course - Sanya does know that no matter how bad it is now, it could also be freezing cold, but that goes without saying, and if it were, well, she wouldn't be complaining /then/ either.

How very, very (O)russian.

EDIT: and now that I've been drawn back here, a year later (and change) by seeing this linked again, the bit where she's carrying two revolvers vaguely reminds me of the very early MAD parody of Captain Marvel Marbles, whose altered magic word ("SHAZOOM!") includes:

Ox, power of;
Ox, power of (another).

Comrade, when Comrade Commissar tells you to carry the extra ammo, you do not argue. You just do, until you find the soldier with the rifle who is carrying the submachinegun ammo.

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

One Orussian has gun. Next Orussian has boolets.

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While this is, of course, true...

>You just do, until you find the soldier with the rifle
>who is carrying the submachinegun ammo.

...not even WWII era Soviet would issue a man with ammo for a weapon he did not carry while he DID have another weapon. Ammo with NO gun, yes. Ammo with OTHER gun...no.

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Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"

Of course this being MYTH Inc, everything goes horribly right/wrong/something-orthoganal-to-both.

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Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"

Comrade Commissar Ivanovich is just trying to clean up the mess left behind by Comrade Commissar Aleksandrovich, on the previous watch. Comrade Commissar Aleksandrovich, it is well known, cannot tell his ass from his elbow, let alone two different types of ammunition.

Comrade Commissar Aleksandrovitch has gotten drunk on water stored in a vodka bottle.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

And, of course, the reason that Comrade Commissar Aleksandrovitch is drunk is because he couldn't read Comrade Quartermaster Petrov's terrible handwriting or make sense of his system of organization, which is byzantine and confusing, with secrets known only to those initiated into the mysteries of the Quartermaster Corps. Level-headed, sober souls have gone stark raving mad trying to make sense of it. Only souls with the cunning and knack for back-alley dealing that borders on - dare I say it? - capitalism can truly know how the Quartermasters organize things. And, in fact, it is Petrov's fault that the rifle bullets were issued with the submachinegun in the first place. Not that you'd ever get Comrade Quartermaster Petrov to admit it, and if you value extra socks and soft lavatory paper, you'll keep your mouth shut about the whole thing.

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."