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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 ...
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.
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 ).
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 .
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.
Armoured units equipped with main battle tanks are designated as Panzer formations, ... 4th Panzergrenadier Brigade (4. Panzergrenadierbrigade), in Hörsching [21]