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This is a list of Jäger units in various national armies. Jäger, or Jaeger, is the German word for "hunter", and describes a kind of light infantry. [1] In English the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman" or "ranger".
German-speaking nations' armies
Austria
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
- Kingdom of Saxony
- 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[2]
- Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, Mountain Infantry Brigage 23[3]
- Gebirgsjägerbataillion 231
- Gebirgsjägerbataillion 232
- Gebirgsjägerbataillion 233
- Fallschirmjägerregiment 26, formed in 2015 from parts of Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261 and Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263[4][5]
- Fallschirmjägerregiment 31, formed in 2015 from Bataillonelements of Airborn 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, 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 air mobile 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
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
References
- ^ Claus Telp (2005). The Evolution Of Operational Art, 1740-1813. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5722-0.
- ^ "Jägerbataillon 91" (in German). German Army. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Gliederung" (in German). German Army. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Geschichte" (in German). German Army. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger ab April 2015 im neuen Auftrag". German Army. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Further reading
- Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914–1918: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle. Translated by C. F. Colton. Helion & Company Limited. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
- Kinna, H; Moss, D A (1977). Jäger & Schützen, Dress and Distinctions, 1910-1914. Bellona Publications. ISBN 0-85242-497-3.
- United States War Office (1989). Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). The London Stamp Exchange Ltd. ISBN 0-948130-87-3.
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