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 "slug": "d-lbo-operational-test-munster-pistorius-system-works-2000-vehicles-converted",
 "title": "D-LBO Operational Test at Munster — Industry Reports More Than 2,000 of Over 10,000 Vehicles Converted, Fewer Than Agreed",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/d-lbo-operational-test-munster-pistorius-system-works-2000-vehicles-converted/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/d-lbo-operational-test-munster-pistorius-system-works-2000-vehicles-converted/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-12T19:55:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-15T19:56:09.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMunster, 12 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Boris Pistorius, the defence minister, reviewed the operational test of D-LBO, the digitalisation of land-based operations, at Munster on 12 October, after about five weeks of testing and as live fire began with Leopard 2, Puma and Marder: \"The D-LBO system works\"\n * \"However, industry has not yet converted as many vehicles as we had agreed,\" he said; by industry's account, conversion has started at eight sites, ten further plants are in us",
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "ground-defense",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bundeswehr",
  "d-lbo",
  "germany",
  "knds",
  "leopard-2",
  "nato",
  "rheinmetall"
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