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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 ".
The Jaeger Brigade (Finnish: Jääkäriprikaati; Swedish: Jägarbrigaden) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 2,200 conscripts per year.
Jäger Battalion 24 (Jägerbataillon 24), in Lienz [30] Staff Company (Stabskompanie) 1st Mountain Jäger Company (1. Jägerkompanie hochgebirgsbeweglich), (Note: doubles as Cadre-Presence Unit) 2nd Mountain Jäger Company (2. Jägerkompanie hochgebirgsbeweglich), in St. Johann in Tirol; Jäger Company (Militia) (Jägerkompanie)
Print/export Download as PDF; ... out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 13th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) 68th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)
Three of the Jaeger brigades are special Readiness brigades with rapid reaction capability. They are more mobile and more heavily armed than the ordinary jaeger brigades, and have a higher proportion of regular to reservist personnel; there is one readiness brigade for each of Finland's 3 territorial commands.
It was founded in 1989 as a brigade-level unit with the name Lapland Air Defence Regiment (Finnish: Lapin ilmatorjuntarykmentti). In 2015, the Regiment was disabanded and its battalion-level unit Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion was attached to the Jaeger Brigade .
The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria on parade The Guard Battalion during the Estonia 100 parade in 2018 This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard . Border guards , coast guards , civil guards , home guards , national guards , honor guards , republican guards , imperial guards and royal guards are listed ...
In May 1915, the German Army began joining the Jäger battalions to form Jäger regiments, and in late 1917, the Deutsche Jäger-Division was formed. During the early stages of World War I, the German Jäger maintained their traditional role as skirmishers and scouts, often in conjunction with cavalry units. With the advent of trench warfare ...