This is a list of Jäger units in various national armies. Jäger (or JaegerJäger is standard German. However, when writing German on a keyboard without Umlauts, it is usual to replace the ä by ae (and similarly ö by oe and ü by ue).) is the German word for "hunter", and describes a kind of light infantry. The German word Jäger may also be translated as "rifleman" or "ranger" into English.
German-speaking nations' armies
Austria Jagdkommando Kaiserjäger
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 Brandenburg Jägerbattalion No.3 Royal Prussian Magdeburg 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 Rhineland (or Rhenish) Jägerbattalion No.8 Royal Prussian Lauenburg Jägerbattalion No.9 Royal Prussian Hanoverian Jägerbattalion No.10 Royal Prussian Electoral Hessian Jägerbattalion No.11
Other German kingdoms and principalities Kingdom of Bavaria Royal Bavarian 1st Jägerbattalion Royal Bavarian 2nd Jägerbattalion
Kingdom of Saxony Royal Saxon Jägerbattalion No.12 Royal Saxon 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 (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 100th Jäger Division 101st Jäger Division 104th Jäger Division 114th Jäger Division 117th Jäger Division 118th Jäger Division Jäger-Division Alpen
Special-purpose units 1st Ski Division 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger, Waffen-SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst 10th Cyclist Jäger Brigade
Other Jäger variants Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) Feldjäger (military police) Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry) Panzerjäger (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 Battalion, mechanized reconnaissance battalion 2/4th Regiment Chasseurs à Cheval, 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, volunteers from Finland in Germany trained as jägers Guard Jaeger Regiment, a Finnish Army unit Jaeger Brigade, a unit of the Finnish Army Utti Jaeger Regiment, a Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations Armoured Jägers, Mechanized Infantry units, trained in Armoured Brigade (Finland) and Karelia Brigade Border Jägers, jägers trained in the Finnish Border Guard 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 airborne infantry battalion Regiment Limburgse Jagers, line infantry (former 2nd Infantry Regiment). Consists of one armoured infantry battalion
Norway Hærens Jegerkommando, the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army Jegerkompaniet, the Norwegian Army's northernmost unit Kystjegerkommandoen, (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, 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 17th Air Force Ranger Company (Flygbasjägarna, FBJ), 31st Ranger Battalion 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 (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 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
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