Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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
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.
After the First World War, the Jäger units of the Imperial German Army were disbanded, but their traditions were carried by infantry regiments of the 100,000-man Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic. After the Nazis came to power in 1933 and the rearmament of Germany began, the new Wehrmacht revived the name Jäger for various types of units:
1st Jäger Company (1. Jägerkompanie), (Note: doubles as Cadre-Presence Unit) 2nd Jäger Company (2. Jägerkompanie) Jäger Company Sankt Pölten (Militia) (Jägerkompanie Sankt Pölten), in Amstetten [11] Combat Support Company (Kampfunterstützungskompanie), with sGrW 86 120mm mortars and RBS 56 BILL anti-tank missiles
67th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) 68th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) 71st Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine) 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade; 77th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine) 78th Airborne Assault Regiment (Ukraine) 87th Rifle Regiment; 98th Territorial Defence Battalion 'Azov-Dnipro' 110th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) 115th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
Abraham Lincoln Brigade – named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. [10] [11]Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades – named after Abu Ali Mustafa, a communist Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine until his assassination by Israeli forces in 2001.