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Rittmaster () is usually a commissioned officer military rank used in a few armies, usually equivalent to Captain. Historically it has been used in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Scandinavia, and some other countries.
A rittmeister is typically in charge of a squadron (a company-sized unit called a "troop" in the United States, as opposed to the U.S. cavalry squadron of larger battalion size), and is the equivalent of a Hauptmann rank (or captain in most army branches).The various names of this rank in different languages show Germanic etymology, (with a similar term used in Estonian).
The armies of many Central and Eastern European countries adopted a localised term for the similar rank.
The rank was also adopted by New Regiments as rotmistr (ротмистр) and later formalized in Table of Ranks as the cavalry post; until 1798, and between 1883 and 1918, a lower-ranking shtabs-rotmistr (штабс-ротмистр) also existed, representing the ranks of Senior Captain and Junior Captain in the Russian Imperial Guards Cavalry, Army Cavalry, Gendarmerie and Border Guards by 1914.
In British and Commonwealth military forces, a Riding Master is not a rank. In the Household Cavalry Regiment a suitable Warrant Officer with the rank of Riding Instructors is appointed Riding Master. The duration of this appointment is determined by the commanding Lieutenant-Colonel and, once appointed, the Riding Master is the person in the lead of training of recruits and horses of the Household Cavalry Regiment.
File:CzArmy2011 OR6-Nadrotmistr shoulder.svg|Rotmistr
(Czech Land Forces)
File:Army-SVK-OR-07.svg|Rotmajster
(Slovak Ground Forces)
File:Netherlands-Army-OF-2.svg|Ritmeester
(Royal Netherlands Army)
File:Norway-army-OF-2.svg|Rittmester
(Norwegian Army)
File:VV-Rotmistr-1939.svg|Rotmistr
(Government Army of Bohemia and Moravia) (1985). 9780912138220, Bender Publishing. ISBN 9780912138220
File:Czechoslovakia Army OR-6 - Štábní Rotmistr (1937-1939).gif|Rotmistr
(Czechoslovak Army)
File:Danish-Army-OF-2b-M23.svg|Ritmester
(Royal Danish Army)
File:WMacht H OF2 Hptm Inf.svg|Rittmeister
(German Army) (2025). 9783613036017, Motorbuch. ISBN 9783613036017
File:Poland-Army-OF-02 (1943-1949).svg|Rotmistrz
(Polish Land Forces) (2025). 9781856056038, Silverdale books. ISBN 9781856056038
File:1904ic-p05.png|Ротмистр
Rotmistr
(Imperial Russian Army)
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