List of Jäger units
Encyclopedia
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
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In English
the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman
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1915
1916
1917
1918
was also known as the "Hecker Jaeger Regiment” after Friedrich Hecker, its original commander.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word for "hunter", and describes a kind of light infantry
Light infantry
Traditionally light infantry were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. Light infantry was distinct from medium, heavy or line infantry. Heavy infantry were dedicated primarily to fighting in tight...
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In English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman
Rifleman
Although ultimately originating with the 16th century handgunners and the 17th century musketeers and streltsy, the term rifleman originated from the 18th century. It would later become the term for the archetypal common soldier.-History:...
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Belgium
- Regiment Ardense Jagers, armoured infantry battalion
- 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion
- 2nd/4th Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit
Finland
- Finnish Jäger troopsFinnish Jäger troopsThe Jäger Movement were volunteers from Finland trained in Germany as Jägers during World War I. Supported by Germany to enable a Finnish sovereign state, it was one of many means by which Germany intended to weaken Russia and to cause Russia's loss of western provinces and...
, volunteers from Finland in Germany trained as Jägers - Guard Jaeger RegimentGuard Jaeger RegimentThe Guard Jaeger Regiment is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting in an urban environment...
, a Finnish Army unit - Jaeger BrigadeJaeger BrigadeThe Jaeger Brigade is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland, some 130 km north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 1600 conscripts per year....
, a unit of the Finnish Army - Utti Jaeger RegimentUtti Jaeger RegimentThe Utti Jaeger Regiment is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations. It consists of about 500 personnel of which about 200 are conscripts.-Organisation:...
, the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations - Para Jägers, Special Operations Airborne Infantry in the Finnish army
- Armoured Jägers, mechanized infantryMechanized infantryMechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers , or infantry fighting vehicles for transport and combat ....
units, trained in Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army)Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army)The Armoured Brigade is a Finnish Army training unit located in Parolannummi, near Hämeenlinna, in southern Finland. The brigade specialises in training armoured and anti-aircraft troops. In case of mobilization, the Finnish Defence Forces would field one armoured brigade...
and Karelia BrigadeKarelia BrigadeKarelia Brigade is one of the three Finnish Army readiness brigades. It is located in the Eastern Command at Valkeala. With some three thousand soldiers it is the second largest brigade in Finland... - Border Jaegers, jägers trained in the Finnish Border GuardFinnish Border GuardThe Finnish Border guard is the national security agency responsible for enforcing the security of Finland's borders...
Germany (Imperial)
- Royal Prussian Guard Jäger Battalion
- Royal Prussian Guard SchützenSchützen (military)Schützen is a German plural noun used to designate a type of military unit of infantrymen, originally armed with a rifled musket and used in a light-infantry or skirmishing role - and hence similar to the Jäger...
Battalion - Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion Count York von Wartenburg (East PrussianProvince of East PrussiaThe Province of East Prussia was a province of Prussia from 1773–1829 and 1878-1945. Composed of the historical region East Prussia, the province's capital was Königsberg ....
) No.1 - Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion Prince Bismarck (Pomeranian) No.2
- Royal Prussian BrandenburgProvince of BrandenburgThe Province of Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:The first people who are known to have inhabited Brandenburg were the Suevi. They were succeeded by the Slavonians, whom Henry II conquered and converted to Christianity in...
Jäger Battalion No.3 - Royal Prussian MagdeburgDuchy of MagdeburgThe Duchy of Magdeburg was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1680 to 1701 and a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1701 to 1807. It replaced the Archbishopric of Magdeburg after its secularization by Brandenburg. The duchy's capitals were Magdeburg and Halle, while Burg was another...
Jäger Battalion No.4 - Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion von Neumann (1st SilesianProvince of SilesiaThe Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...
) No.5 - Royal Prussian 2nd SilesianProvince of SilesiaThe Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...
Jäger Battalion No.6 - Royal Prussian WestphalianProvince of WestphaliaThe Province of Westphalia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was a client state of the First French Empire from 1807 to 1813...
Jäger Battalion No.7 - Royal Prussian RhinelandRhinelandHistorically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe....
(or Rhenish) Jäger Battalion No.8 - Royal Prussian Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No.9
- Royal Prussian HanoverianProvince of HanoverThe Province of Hanover was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation...
Jäger Battalion No.10 - Royal Prussian Electoral HessianHesse-KasselThe Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
Jäger Battalion No.11 - Royal SaxonKingdom of SaxonyThe Kingdom of Saxony , lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. From 1871 it was part of the German Empire. It became a Free state in the era of Weimar Republic in 1918 after the end of World War...
Jäger Battalion No.12 - Royal SaxonKingdom of SaxonyThe Kingdom of Saxony , lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. From 1871 it was part of the German Empire. It became a Free state in the era of Weimar Republic in 1918 after the end of World War...
Jäger Battalion No.13 - Grand-Ducal MecklenburgMecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV...
Jäger Battalion No.14 - Royal BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n 1st Jäger Battalion - Royal BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n 2nd Jäger Battalion
Germany (First World War)
1914- Guard Reserve Jäger Battalion
- Guard Reserve Schützen Battalion
- Reserve Jäger Battalions 1-14
- Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalions 1-2
- Bavarian Ski Battalions 1-2
1915
- Reserve Jäger Battalions 15-26
- Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion (Finnish Volunteers)
- Bavarian Ski Battalaons 3-4
- Württemberg Ski Company (later renamed the Württemberg Mountain Company and expanded to a Battalion, then a Regiment)
- Bavarian Jäger Regiment No.1 (1st and 2nd Bavaraian Jäger Battalions, 2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger Ballation)
- Jäger Regiment No.2 (10th Jäger Battalion, 10th and 14th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- Bavarian Jäger Regiment No.3 (1st - 4th Bavarian Ski Battalions)
- Alpine Corps (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jäger Regiments)
1916
- Württemberg Mountain Battalion
- Jäger Regiment No.6 (5th, 6th and 14th Jäger Battalions)
- Jäger Regiment No.7 (13th Jäger Battalion, 25th and 26th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- Jäger Regiment No.8 (4th, 16th and 24th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- Jäger Regiment No.9 (8th Jäger Battalion, 12th Reserve Jäger Battalion)
- Jäger Regiment No.10 (12th Jäger Battalion, 13th Reserve Jäger Battalion)
1917
- Royal Bavarian 29th Infantry Regiment (Jager Regiment) (1st Bavarian Reserve Jager Battalion, 7th and 9th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- German Jäger Division (11th, 12th & 13th Jäger Regiments)
1918
- Württemberg Mountain Regiment
- Jäger Regiment No.11 (Guard Reserve Jäger Battalion, Guard Reserve Schützen Battalion, 1st Jäger Battalion)
- Jäger Regiment No.12 (2nd and 7th Jäger Battalions, 1st Reserve Jäger Battalion)
- Jäger Regiment No.13 (8th, 20th and 21st Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- Jäger Regiment No.14 (15th, 19th and 22nd Reserve Jäger Battalions)
- Bavarian Reserve Jäger Regiment No.15 (1st Bavarian Reserve Jager Battalion and Caucasian Railway Protection Battalion)
Germany (Third Reich and Federal Republic)
- FallschirmjägerFallschirmjägerare German paratroopers. Together with the Gebirgsjäger they are perceived as the elite infantry units of the German Army....
, German paratroopers - FeldjägerFeldjägerFor the German Military Police in WWII see: Feldjaegerkorps and FeldgendarmerieIn presence Feldjäger is the name of military police of the Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces. The term Feldjäger, literally meaning field huntsmen or field Jäger, has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th...
, the military police of the German Bundeswehr - FeldjägerkorpsFeldjägerkorpsFor the modern German Military Police see: FeldjaegerThe Feldjägerkorps was a military police organization in the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was formed on 27 November 1943 from distinguished veterans and Patrol Service personnel...
, one of several military police organizations in the German Wehrmacht - GebirgsjägerGebirgsjägerGebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Riflemen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Jäger is the traditional German term for rifleman...
, mountain infantry- Karstjäger, Waffen SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst
- German 28th Jäger Division, a military division during World War II
- Kustenjäger, (Coastal Ranger) marine commandos during World War II
- PanzerjägerPanzerjägerPanzerjäger was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War which were the anti-tank arm-of-service who operated anti-tank artillery, and made exclusive use of the tank destroyers which were also named Panzerjäger...
(Jagdpanzer), tank hunter or tank destroyer
The Netherlands
- Garderegiment Grenadiers en JagersGarderegiment Grenadiers en JagersGarderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army; it is one of two, along with the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene that is classed as 'Guards'...
, guards regiment, an amalgamation of the Garderegiment Grenadiers and the Garderegiment Jagers. Consists of one air mobile infantry battalion - Regiment Limburgse JagersRegiment Limburgse JagersRegiment Limburgse Jagers is a line infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is named for the Dutch province of Limburg, and currently serves in the mechanized infantry role as part of 13 Gemechaniseerde Brigade....
, line infantry (former 2nd Infantry Regiment). Consists of one armoured infantry battalion
Norway
- Hærens JegerkommandoHærens JegerkommandoHærens Jegerkommando is a special forces unit of the Norwegian military. It is the armed forces competence center for commando, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army. Its headquarters are located 30 km...
, the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army - JegerkompanietJegerkompanietJegerkompaniet / ISTAR is the Norwegian Army's northern-most unit. It is deployed to the world's northern-most military garrison, Porsangmoen, at 70 degrees northern latitude. The company has both conscripts and professional soldiers...
, the Norwegian Army's northern-most unit - KystjegerkommandoenKystjegerkommandoenKystjegerkommandoen is a Norwegian amphibious unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery....
, (Coastal Ranger Command) marine commando unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery - MarinejegerkommandoenMarinejegerkommandoenMarinejegerkommandoen is a Norwegian maritime special forces unit. It was formally established in 1951. It is located in Ramsund in the northern part of Norway and at Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen...
, a maritime special forces unit - Grensejeger, border rangers at the border between Russia and Norway
Sweden
- Jägare, elite units in the Swedish Armed ForcesSwedish Armed ForcesThe Swedish Armed Forces is a Swedish Government Agency responsible for the operation of the armed forces of the Realm. The primary task of the agency is to train, organize and to deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the Realm in the...
- FallskärmsjägarnaFallskärmsjägarnaFallskärmsjägarna, , also known as Fallskärmsjägarkåren , is a Swedish parachute unit....
, the Parachute Ranger Corps - FallskärmsjägarskolanFallskärmsjägarskolanFallskärmsjägarskolan, commonly known as FJS, is the Swedish Army's Parachute Ranger School and the home of Fallskärmsjägarna and Särskilda Skyddsgruppen...
(Fjs) Parachuterangerschool - Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB) The Army´s Jäger Battalion
- 31. Luftburna Bataljonen (K3) Airborne Jäger Battalion
- 32. Underättelsebataljonen (K3) Intelligence Jäger Battalion
- Flygbasjägarskolan (Fjbs) Airbase ranger school
- Kustjägarna (AMF1), (Coastal Rangers) marine commandos trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery
United States
The 24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment24th 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 and Hungarian immigrants...
was also known as the "Hecker Jaeger Regiment” after Friedrich Hecker, its original commander.