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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.
Name Municipality Notes Army Command Mikkeli: HQ [2] 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 ...
The Guard Jaeger Regiment (Finnish: Kaartin jääkärirykmentti; Swedish: Gardesjägarregementet) is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting military operations in urban terrain ( MOUT ).
After this, the unit became officially known as the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade (Ukrainian: 152 окрема єгерська бригада, romanized: 152 okrema jehersʹka bryhada), making the brigade the fourth unit of its kind to exist within the Ukrainian Armed Forces, alongside the 13th, 68th, and 71st brigades.
During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the brigade took part in the Eastern Ukraine campaign in the Donetsk Oblast, Lyman direction. [5] On 11 June 2023 the brigade, alongside several territorial defence battalions , took the village of Blahodatne marking the first settlement to be liberated by Ukrainian forces during the counteroffensive.
71st Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) This page was last edited on 22 April 2023, at 23:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The 71st Jaeger Brigade was created soon after the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which escalated the Russo-Ukrainian War on 24 February 2022. The word "Jaeger" is German for "hunters", implying forest troops, and the units are neither light nor heavy.