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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 division also has administrative control of the German units in the Franco-German Brigade: Franco-German Brigade (Deutsch-Französische Brigade), in Müllheim. 291st Jäger Battalion (Jägerbataillon 291), in Illkirch-Graffenstaden ; 292nd Jäger Battalion (Jägerbataillon 292), in Donaueschingen
The Jaeger Brigade (Jääkäriprikaati) 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.
The jäger became primarily used for reconnaissance, skirmishing or screening bodies of heavier troops. Prussia, Hesse, Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire and many smaller states raised jäger-type small units during the Seven Years' War and thereafter. Initially these specialist units were formed for the duration of a particular campaign and ...
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)
Jaeger Brigade: Sodankylä, Rovaniemi: Arctic Warfare Unit [3] Kainuu Brigade: Kajaani: Readiness Brigade [4] Karelia Brigade: Kouvola: Readiness Brigade [5] Armoured Brigade: Parola: Mechanized Electronic Warfare Unit [6] Pori Brigade: Säkylä, Niinisalo: Readiness Brigade [7] Army Academy: Lappeenranta, Hamina: Armed Military Academy [8 ...
The following list is the wartime organisation of the Finnish army from 1.1.2008 Operative forces: 3 readiness brigades; 2 jaeger brigades; 2 mechanised battlegroups; 1 helicopter battalion; 1 special jaeger battalion; 1 anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft unit; Territorial forces: 6 infantry brigades; 14 independent battalions / battlegroups
This is a list of German brigades in World War II. The list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Brigades, in German army parlance prior to 1944, generally designated formations of two regiments from the same branch of arms. [1]: 84 For instance, 2.