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This is a list of Jäger units in various national armies. ''Jäger'', or ''Jaeger'', is the
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
word for "
hunter Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, ...
", and describes a kind of
light infantry Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history. They have a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry. Historically, light infantry often fought ...
. In English the word Jaeger is also translated as "
rifleman A rifleman is an infantry soldier armed with a rifling, rifled long gun. Although the rifleman role had its origin with 16th century hand cannoneers and 17th century musketeers, the term originated in the 18th century with the introduction o ...
" or " ranger".


German-speaking nations' armies


Austria

* Jagdkommando *
Kaiserjäger The ''Kaiserjäger'' (officially designated by the Imperial and Royal (''k.u.k.'') military administration as the ''Tiroler Jäger-Regimenter'' or "Tyrolean Rifle Regiments"), were formed in 1895 as four normal infantry regiments within the Comm ...


Germany feudal/imperial era


Prussian / imperial

*Royal Prussian Guard Jägerbattalion *Royal Prussian Guard Schützenbattalion *Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Count York von Wartenburg ( East Prussian) No.1 *Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Prince Bismarck ( Pomeranian) No.2 *Royal Prussian
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Jägerbattalion No.3 *Royal Prussian
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Jägerbattalion No.4 *Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion von Neumann (1st Silesian) No.5 *Royal Prussian 2nd Silesian Jägerbattalion No.6 *Royal Prussian Westphalian Jägerbattalion No.7 *Royal Prussian
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(or
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) Jägerbattalion No.8 *Royal Prussian
Lauenburg Lauenburg (), or Lauenburg an der Elbe (; ), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. It is overall the southernmost town of Schleswig-Holstein and belongs to ...
Jägerbattalion No.9 *Royal Prussian
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Jägerbattalion No.10 *Royal Prussian Electoral Hessian Jägerbattalion No.11


Other German kingdoms and principalities

; Kingdom of Bavaria *Royal
Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
n 1st Jägerbattalion *Royal
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n 2nd Jägerbattalion ; Kingdom of Saxony *Royal
Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
Jägerbattalion No.12 *Royal
Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
Jägerbattalion No.13 ; Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin *Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg(-Schwerin) Jägerbattalion No.14


Germany (First World War)

1914 *Guard Reserve Jägerbattalion *Guard Reserve Schützenbattalion *Reserve Jägerbattalions 1-14 *Bavarian Reserve Jägerbattalions 1-2 *Bavarian Ski Battalions 1-2 1915 *Reserve Jägerbattalions 15-26 *
Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, ...
(Finnish Volunteers) *Bavarian Ski Battalions 3-4 *Württemberg Ski Company (later renamed the Württemberg Mountain Company and expanded to a Battalion, then a Regiment) *Bavarian Jägerregiment No.1 (1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions, 2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion) *Jägerregiment No.2 (10th Jäger Battalion, 10th and 14th Reserve Jäger Battalions) *Bavarian Jägerregiment No.3 (1st - 4th Bavarian Ski Battalions) *Alpine Corps (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jäger Regiments) 1916 *Württemberg Mountain Battalion *Jägerregiment No.4 (11th Jäger Battalion, 5th and 6th Reserve Jäger Battalions) *Jägerregiment No.5 (17th, 18th and 23rd Reserve Jäger Battalions) *Jägerregiment No.6 (5th, 6th and 14th Jäger Battalions) *Jägerregiment No.7 (13th Jäger Battalion, 25th and 26th Reserve Jäger Battalions) *Jägerregiment No.8 (4th, 16th and 24th Reserve Jäger Battalions) *Jägerregiment No.9 (8th Jäger Battalion, 12th Reserve Jäger Battalion) *Jägerregiment No.10 (12th Jäger Battalion, 13th Reserve Jäger Battalion) 1917 *Royal Bavarian 29th Infantry Regiment (Jager Regiment) (1st Bavarian Reserve Jagerbattalion, 7th and 9th Reserve Jägerbattalions) *German Jäger Division (11th, 12th & 13th Jägerregiments) 1918 *Württemberg Mountain Regiment *Jägerregiment No.11 (Guard Reserve Jägerbattalion, Guard Reserve Schützenbattalion, 1st Jägerbattalion) *Jägerregiment No.12 (2nd and 7th Jägerbattalions, 1st Reserve Jägerbattalion) *Jägerregiment No.13 (8th, 20th and 21st Reserve Jägerbattalions) *Jägerregiment No.14 (15th, 19th and 22nd Reserve Jägerbattalions) *Bavarian Reserve Jägerregiment No.15 (1st Bavarian Reserve Jagerbattalion and Caucasian Railway Protection Battalion)


Germany (Third Reich)


Jäger units

* 5th Jäger Division * 8th Jäger Division * 28th Jäger Division * 42nd Jäger Division *
97th Jäger Division The 97th ''Jäger'' Division was a light infantry Division of the German Army during World War II. It can trace its origins to the 97th (Light) Infantry Division () which was formed in December 1940. It was then redesignated the 97th ''Jäger'' D ...
* 100th Jäger Division * 101st Jäger Division * 104th Jäger Division * 114th Jäger Division *
117th Jäger Division 117th Jäger Division was a German infantry division of World War II. The division was formed in April 1943 by the reorganization and redesignation of the 717th Infantry Division. The 717th Division had been formed in April 1941. It was transfe ...
* 118th Jäger Division * Jäger-Division Alpen


Special-purpose units

*1st Ski Division * 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger,
Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ...
mountain troops from the Austrian Karst *10th Cyclist Jäger Brigade


Other Jäger variants

*
Fallschirmjäger The () were the airborne forces branch of the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations. They were commanded by Kurt Student, the Luftwaffe's second-in-comman ...
(paratroopers) *
Feldjäger The ''Feldjäger'' () are Germany's military police. The term ''Feldjäger'', literally meaning field huntsmen or field Jäger, has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th century. History The first modern ''Feldjäger'' ...
(military police) *
Gebirgsjäger ''Gebirgsjäger'' () is a German language, German military term for light infantry trained in mountain warfare. Currently used in the militaries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the term includes the word ''Jäger (military), jäger'', anot ...
(mountain infantry) *
Panzerjäger ''Panzerjäger'' (German: literally "armor hunter", more broadly "anti-tank") is a term used for an anti-tank vehicle (self-propelled anti-tank gun), as well as anti-tank units. The term was first used in the Wehrmacht (German armed forces, 19 ...
(anti-tank troops)


Germany (Federal Republic)

* Jäger Regiment 1, an air-mobile infantry unit that was downsized to battalion level *Jägerbataillon 91, a unit that was formed in 2015 *Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, Mountain Infantry Brigage 23 **Gebirgsjägerbataillion 231 **Gebirgsjägerbataillion 232 **Gebirgsjägerbataillion 233 *Fallschirmjägerregiment 26, formed in 2015 from parts of Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261 and Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263 *Fallschirmjägerregiment 31, formed in 2015 from Bataillonelements of Airborne Brigade 31


Other national army equivalents


Belgium

* Chasseurs Ardennais ('Arddennes Hunters'), armoured infantry battalion * 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion * 2/4th Regiment
Chasseurs à Cheval ''Chasseur'' ( , ), a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry () or light cavalry () to denote troops trained for rapid action. History This branch of the French Army o ...
, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit


Denmark

* Jaeger Corps, a special forces unit of the Danish Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army


Finland

*
Jäger Movement The Jäger Movement () consisted of volunteers from Finland who trained in Germany as Jägers during World War I. Supported by Germany to enable the creation of a Finnish sovereign state, the movement was one of many means by which Germany int ...
, volunteers from Finland in Germany trained as jägers *
Guard Jaeger Regiment The Guard Jaeger Regiment (; ) is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting military operations in urban terrain ( MOUT). The primary function of wartime units for ...
, a Finnish Army unit *
Jaeger Brigade The Jaeger Brigade (; ) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 2,200 conscripts per year. The brigade has two main units: Lapland Ja ...
, a unit of the Finnish Army *
Utti Jaeger Regiment The Utti Jaeger Regiment (, () Special jaegers) is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations in charge of the Army Special Forces Unit and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Function Re ...
, a Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations * Armoured Jägers,
Mechanized Infantry Mechanized infantry are infantry units equipped with Armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also armoured corps). As defined by the United States Army, me ...
units, trained in
Armoured Brigade (Finland) The Armoured Brigade (; ) is a Finnish Army training unit located in Parolannummi, Hattula, in southern Finland. The brigade specialises in training armoured and anti-aircraft troops. In case of mobilization, the Finnish Defence Forces would field ...
and
Karelia Brigade Karelia Brigade (; ) is one of the three Finnish Army List of Finnish Army units, readiness brigades. It is currently based at Valkeala. With some three thousand soldiers it is the second largest brigade in Finland. It is the only Finnish brigade ...
* Border Jägers, jägers trained in the
Finnish Border Guard The Finnish Border Guard (FBG, ; ) is the agency responsible for enforcing the security of Finland's borders. Duties Main duties of the Finnish Border Guard: * Protecting the land borders and territorial waters of Finland from unauthorised e ...
* Coastal Jaegers, marine commando unit of the Finnish Navy * Häme Mounted Jäger Battalion, previously Häme Cavalry Regiment, dismounted in 1944, disbanded in 2014.


The Netherlands

* Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers, guards regiment, an amalgamation of the Garderegiment Grenadiers and the Garderegiment Jagers. Consists of one air mobile infantry battalion * Regiment Limburgse Jagers, line infantry (former 2nd Infantry Regiment). Consists of one armoured infantry battalion


Norway

*
Hærens Jegerkommando Hærens Jegerkommando (HJK) () was a special forces unit of the Norwegian military. It was the armed forces competence centre for commando, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army. Its headquarters were located 30 kilometr ...
, the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army * Jegerkompaniet, the Norwegian Army's northernmost unit *
Kystjegerkommandoen ''Kystjegerkommandoen'' (, or ''KJK'') is a unit in the Royal Norwegian Navy. KJK is a marine commando unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of marines and coastal artillery. The unit consists of coastal rangers an ...
, (Coastal Ranger Command) marine unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery in the Norwegian Navy *
Marinejegerkommandoen ''Marinejegerkommandoen'' (MJK) () is the maritime/naval special warfare unit of the Norwegian Armed Forces and was established in 1953. The MJK is under the command of the Norwegian Special Operations Command (NORSOCOM) together with the '' ...
, a marine commando unit of the Norwegian Navy. * Artillerijeger, a ranger unit specialising in special reconnaissance and forward observing for artillery and aircraft. * Grensejeger, border rangers at the border between Russia and Norway


(Imperial) Russia

* His Majesty Lifeguard Jäger Regiment (Лейб-гвардии Егерский Его Величества полк) * Yeger, ?including a Guard Grenadiers battalion


Sweden

Jägare are elite units in the
Swedish Armed Forces The Swedish Armed Forces (, literally ''Defence Force'') are the Military, armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden. It consists of four separate military branches, the Swedish Army, the Swedish Navy, the Swedish Air Force and the Home Guard (Swed ...
* 17th Air Force Ranger Company (''Flygbasjägarna'', FBJ), *
31st Ranger Battalion The 31st Ranger Battalion (), previously called the 31st Light Infantry Battalion (, 31. LSkbat), is a specialized light infantry unit of the Swedish Army. The unit is part of the Life Regiment Hussars and is based in Karlsborg. It is the primar ...
* 32nd Intelligence Battalion * 193rd Ranger Battalion (AJB) * 202nd Coastal Ranger Company (Kustjägarna), marine commandos trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery * 323rd Parachute Ranger Squadron *
Swedish Parachute Ranger School The Parachute Ranger School (, FJS), is the Swedish Army's paratrooper ranger school and the home of '' Fallskärmsjägarna'' (Parachute Rangers) and ''Särskilda operationsgruppen'' (Special Operations Group). The school was founded in 1952 by c ...
(FJS) Defunct: * Lapland Ranger Regiment (I 22) (1975–2000) Arctic Ranger Battalion


Ukraine

* 13th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) * 68th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) * 71st Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)


United States

*The
24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 24th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, also known as the 1st Hecker Jaeger Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was made up almost exclusively of German, Swiss, Hungarian, ...
was also known as the "Hecker Jaeger Regiment" after Friedrich Hecker, its original commander. *The Scout Sniper Platoon of Second Battalion, Third Marine Regiment is identified by the callsign "Jaeger".


See also

*
United States Army Rangers The United States Army Rangers are U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School, even if they have never served in a ...
*


References


Further reading

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Jager Units Jager Jäger units