List of Jäger units

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".

National armies

Austria

• Jagdkommando
• Kaiserjäger

Belgium

• Chasseurs Ardennais, armoured infantry battalion
• 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion
• 2nd/4th Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit

Denmark

• Jægerkorpset, a special forces unit of the Royal Danish Army

Finland

• Finnish Jäger troops, 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, 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 infantry units, trained in Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army) and Karelia Brigade
• Border Jaegers, jägers trained in the Finnish Border Guard
• Coastal Jaegers, marine commando unit of the Finnish Navy.

Germany (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
• Royal Saxon Jägerbattalion No.12
• Royal Saxon Jägerbattalion No.13
• Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Jägerbattalion No.14
• Royal Bavarian 1st Jägerbattalion
• Royal Bavarian 2nd Jägerbattalion

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 and Federal Republic)

• Fallschirmjäger, German paratroopers
• Feldjäger, the military police of the German Bundeswehr
• Feldjägerkorps, one of several military police organizations in the German Wehrmacht
• Gebirgsjäger, mountain infantry
  • Karstjäger, Waffen SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst
• German 28th Jäger Division, a military division during World War II
• Jäger Regiment 1, an air-mobile infantry unit that is being downsized to battalion level

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 northern-most 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

Sweden

• Jägare, elite units in the Swedish Armed Forces

• Fallskärmsjägarna, the Parachute Ranger Corps
• Fallskärmsjägarskolan (Fjs) Parachute ranger school
• Lapplands Jägarna I 22(1975–2000) Arctic Ranger Battalion
• Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB) The Army's Jäger Battalion
• 31. Luftburna Bataljonen (K3) 31. Airborne Jäger Battalion
• 32. Underättelsebataljonen (K3) 32. Intelligence Jäger Battalion
• Flygbasjägarskolan (Fjbs) Air (base)force 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 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".

References

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.