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- Swiss and Swiss guard insignia
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- Swiss Armed Forces Swiss Guard
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- Wm
- Military rank.rank group
- Non-commissioned officer
- Military rank.Non NATO rank
- OR-5
- Military rank.formation
- 1857
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- Austria
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- Germany
- National People's Army
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Russia
- Switzerland
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thumb|190px|Hungarian Wachtmeister, hussar-regiment 18th century.
' (Wm'; German for 'master-sentinel' or 'watch-master') is a military rank of non-commissioned officers (NCO) in Austria and Switzerland, with the Dutch variant (wachtmeester) used in cavalry, artillery and marechaussee branches of its armed forces. It is also used in civil authorities in German-speaking countries (police, judiciary, customs service, border protection). The was initially responsible for the guard duty of the army. Later, it became the equivalent NCO-grade of the cavalry and artillery. Besides Austria and Switzerland today, the rank was also used elsewhere, for example in Germany, Russia, and Poland (wachmistrz).