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Typhoon pilots can wear an optional pair of foot-bladders to protect the feet from discomfort. Not everyone finds the foot-discomfort a big problem, and then it is usually confined to the +7Gz-+9Gz levels of exposure. That said, I 'popped' a vein at the rear of one of my toes when assessing Combat Edge, which has no foot protection, and it felt, and looked, most unpleasant.
Widening the discussion, the most usually voiced complaint when discussing 'High +Gz Manoeuvring' is arm-discomfort/arm-pain. Same reason as for the feet, high hydro-static pressures in the venous system. Libelle, the garment being assessed by the Luftwaffe, protects the arms. However, as usual, whilst a solution resolves one problem, it introduces other problems of its own.
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