Stabswachtmeister

Stabswachtmeister (short: StWm) is in the Austrian Bundesheer a NCO-rank. As lowest grade of the Staff-NCO rank group he is normally dedicated to command a platoon or to serve in a military staff appointment (assignment group M BUO 1 / professional NCO; respectively M ZUO 1 / longer-serving volunteer). However, he might also be assigned to command a military squad (assignment group M BUO 2 / longer-serving volunteer).

Stabswachtmeister in Austria
Rank insigniaAustrian Bundesheer
Introduction1913
Rank groupStabsunteroffizier
Army / Air ForceStabswachtmeister
Navyno equivalent
Lower:
Higher:		Oberwachtmeister
Oberstabswachtmeister
NATO
equivalent		OR-7[1]

During United Nations missions and in NATO Partnership for Peace the rank Stabswachtmeister will be designated in English with Staff Sergeant (SSG) and is equivalent to NATO-Rang code OR-7.

Besides Austria today, the rank was also used for example in Germany and in the k.u.k. Army.

With the foundation of the Austrian Bundesheer in March 1920 the «Stabswachtmeister» was introduced to all army branches of service. The OR7-rank Stabsfeldwebel of the generic infantry (de: Fußtruppen) was abolished.

See also

k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Army

The Stabswachtmeister rank was introduced in 1913 to the cavalry of the k.u.k. Army. As well as the Offiziersstellvertreter (en: officer deputy rank), this rank has been counted to the higher NCO-ranks (also: Unteroffiziere with port épée / port épée NCOs) since 1915. According to the Austria-Hungarian rank table it was equivalent to the rank class XII. However, according to the modern days NATO-Rang code system, it might have been comparable to NCO-rank OR6[1]/ 1st sergeant ranks in Anglophone armed forces.

In the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Army Stabswachtmeister was equivalent to:

  • Stabsfeldwebel (en: 1st sergeant) of the infantry,
  • Stabsoberjäger (en: Rifles 1st sergeant) of the mountain troops,
  • Stabsfeuerwerker (en: Artillery 1st sergeant) of the artillery,
Sequence of ranks
Junior rank
Wachtmeister
(Austro-Hungarian
armed forces rank)
Stabswachtmeister		 Senior rank
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter
Kadett

Then rank insignia was a gorget patch on the stand-up collar of the so-called Waffenrock (en: uniform jacket), and consisted of three white stars on 13 mm ragged imperial-yellow silk galloon, with 2mm broad black middle strap, 3mm above a 6mm braiding (since June 1914: silver galloon with silk stars). The gorget patch and the stand-up collar showed the particular Waffenfarbe (en: corps colour).

DesignationPerformance 1913-1914
Paroli
Rank description Stabsfeldwebel Stabsfeuerwerker
Artillery		 Stabswachtmeister
Dragoon		 Stabsoberjaeger
Mountain infantry
(Hungarian) (Törzsőrmester)
DesignationPerformance 1914-1918
Rank insignia
collar
Rank description Stabsfeldwebel
Stabswachtmeister		 Stabsfeuerwerker
Artillery		 Stabsfeldwebel
Railway regiment		 Stabsoberjaeger
Mountain infantry
(Hungarian) (Törzsőrmester)
Stabswachtmeister in k.u.k adjustation
  • Stabswachtmeister train troops 1913-1914 (more than 9 years in service)
  • Stabswachtmeister train troops until 1914
  • Stabswachtmeister stude since 1914
see also
Main articles: Rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces, Waffenfarbe (Austria), and Adjustierung

Germany

In the today’s German Bundeswehr there is no rank designation «Stabswachtmeister». However, the equivalent to that OR-7 rank would be Hauptfeldwebel OR7.

In the German Reichswehr as well as Wehrmacht the designation of the OR7-Stabsfeldwebel rank of Cavalry and Artillery was «Stabswachtmeister» until 1945.

«Stabswachtmeister» was also a German police rank.

Sequence of ranks
Junior Rank
Wachtmeister
(Feldwebel)


World War II German Army rank
Stabswachtmeister
(Stabsfeldwebel)

 Senior Rank
Leutnant
(en: 2nd Lieutenant)
See also
  • World War II German Army ranks and insignia

Nationale People’s Army

In the GDR National People's Army (NPA) the OR7-rank «Stabswachtmeister» was replaced by the universal rank designation Stabsfeldwebel. The equivalent rank of the Volksmarine (en: GDR Navy) was the Stabsobermeister of the Volksmarine.

Sequence of ranks until 1970
Junior Rank
Wachtmeister
(Feldwebel)

National People's Army rank
Stabswachtmeister
(Stabsfeldwebel)		 Senior Rank
Unterleutnant
(en: Under lieutenant)
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References
  1. The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"
  • Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968.
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