List of Jäger units explained

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

• 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^[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 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, 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

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

Further reading

• Book: Cron, Hermann. C. F. Colton. Imperial German Army 1914–1918: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle. Helion & Company Limited. 2002. 1-874622-70-1 .
• Book: Kinna, H. Moss, D A . Jäger & Schützen, Dress and Distinctions, 1910-1914. Bellona Publications. 1977. 0-85242-497-3 .
• Book: United States War Office. Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). The London Stamp Exchange Ltd.. 1989. 0-948130-87-3 .

Notes and References

1. Book: The Evolution Of Operational Art, 1740-1813. Claus Telp. 2005. Routledge. 0-7146-5722-0.
2. Web site: Jägerbataillon 91 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150719010917/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/!ut/p/c4/TcgxDoAgDADAt_iBNoy4-Qt1A2lKlSApiImv19HcdrjiJ7su7Jqc2SWccdlk9DdEIoUglGurDUx5gnTgJBRIr8xQnkRRvQrbf-_sW7IGyzENL0fiX_c!/ . dead . July 19, 2015 . German . German Army . 8 July 2016.
3. Web site: Gliederung . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201403/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9jNTUIr2UzNS84pLiEj1Dg4KqlMwyvfSclHS99NSkrPSkosx0I2OwgH5BtqMiAKPZPec!/ . dead . December 22, 2014 . German . German Army . 8 July 2016.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151009133256/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/%21ut/p/c4/TYzBDoIwEET_aFtMINGbSEy8elG8Fbouq6Ul20UvfrxwMHEmeYd5yZibWRrdi8kpp-iCuZq25133hgFRwDPGrFnB5ydQYPQocyQIoROm4n-65354kJBuKnNZbz1CnyLqSsWovJDEaRKYkmhYzSyyGGBvWls0tS3tL8Vn2x6bQ11WtjnVZzON4_4LH6lvWw%21%21/ . Geschichte . 9 October 2015 . German . German Army . 8 July 2016 . dead .
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095204/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/%21ut/p/c4/NYyxDsIwDET_yE4rBQEbVRdWBkrZTBo1hjSpLBcWPp5k4E46nfROh3csTvTmmZRzoog3HB0fHx8I3gvQSzcfIyRyQdgF9QmeFKQ1jQVahWNtONSbyYPLyWvNslMuOQtpFlizaKxkEykEeMLRNH1nrPmr-R6uu70d2tb25-6C67Kcfjwkmyg%21/ . 2 April 2015 . 1 April 2015 . Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger ab April 2015 im neuen Auftrag . German Army . 8 July 2016 . dead .