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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 ".
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)
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Since 2008 the unit is officially called "Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 Bayern " to mark the close relationship between the state and the Gebirgsjäger. In mid-2020, the official Bundeswehr website stated that the brigade had a strength of approximately 5,300 soldiers.