List of Jäger units
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.
In English the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman" or "ranger".
German-speaking nations' armies
Austria
Germany feudal/imperial era
Prussian / imperial
- Royal Prussian Guard Jägerbattalion
- Royal Prussian Guard Schützenbattalion
- Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Count York von Wartenburg No.1
- Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Prince Bismarck No.2
- Royal Prussian Brandenburg Jägerbattalion No.3
- Royal Prussian Magdeburg Jägerbattalion No.4
- Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion von Neumann No.5
- Royal Prussian 2nd Silesian Jägerbattalion No.6
- Royal Prussian Westphalian Jägerbattalion No.7
- Royal Prussian Rhineland Jägerbattalion No.8
- Royal Prussian Lauenburg Jägerbattalion No.9
- Royal Prussian Hanoverian Jägerbattalion No.10
- Royal Prussian Electoral Hessian Jägerbattalion No.11
Other German kingdoms and principalities
; Kingdom of Bavaria; Kingdom of Saxony
; Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg(-Schwerin) Jägerbattalion No.14
Germany (First World War)
1914- Guard Reserve Jägerbattalion
- Guard Reserve Schützenbattalion
- Reserve Jägerbattalions 1-14
- Bavarian Reserve Jägerbattalions 1-2
- Bavarian Ski Battalions 1-2
- Reserve Jägerbattalions 15-26
- Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion
- Bavarian Ski Battalions 3-4
- Württemberg Ski Company
- Bavarian Jägerregiment No.1
- Jägerregiment No.2
- Bavarian Jägerregiment No.3
- Alpine Corps
- Württemberg Mountain Battalion
- Jägerregiment No.4
- Jägerregiment No.5
- Jägerregiment No.6
- Jägerregiment No.7
- Jägerregiment No.8
- Jägerregiment No.9
- Jägerregiment No.10
- Royal Bavarian 29th Infantry Regiment
- German Jäger Division
- Württemberg Mountain Regiment
- Jägerregiment No.11
- Jägerregiment No.12
- Jägerregiment No.13
- Jägerregiment No.14
- Bavarian Reserve Jägerregiment No.15
Germany (Third Reich)
Jäger units
- 5th Jäger Division
- 8th Jäger Division
- 28th Jäger Division
- 42nd Jäger Division
- 97th Jäger Division
- 100th Jäger Division
- 101st Jäger Division
- 104th Jäger Division
- 114th Jäger Division
- 117th Jäger Division
- 118th Jäger Division
- Jäger-Division Alpen
Special-purpose units
- 1st Ski Division
- 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger, Waffen-SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst
- 10th Cyclist Jäger Brigade
Other Jäger variants
Germany (Federal Republic)
- Jäger Regiment 1, an air-mobile infantry unit that was downsized to battalion level
- Jägerbataillon 91, a unit that was formed in 2015
- Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, Mountain Infantry Brigage 23
- *Gebirgsjägerbataillion 231
- *Gebirgsjägerbataillion 232
- *Gebirgsjägerbataillion 233
- Fallschirmjägerregiment 26, formed in 2015 from parts of Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261 and Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263
- Fallschirmjägerregiment 31, formed in 2015 from Bataillonelements of Airborne Brigade 31
Other national army equivalents
Belgium
- Chasseurs Ardennais, armoured infantry battalion
- 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard Battalion, mechanized reconnaissance battalion
- 2/4th Regiment Chasseurs à Cheval, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit
Denmark
- Jaeger Corps, a special forces unit of the Danish Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army
Finland
- Jäger Movement, volunteers from Finland in Germany trained as jägers
- Guard Jaeger Regiment, a Finnish Army unit
- Jaeger Brigade, a unit of the Finnish Army
- Utti Jaeger Regiment, a Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations
- Armoured Jägers, Mechanized Infantry units, trained in Armoured Brigade (Finland) and Karelia Brigade
- Border Jägers, jägers trained in the Finnish Border Guard
- Coastal Jaegers, marine commando unit of the Finnish Navy
- Häme Mounted Jäger Battalion, previously Häme Cavalry Regiment, dismounted in 1944, disbanded in 2014.
The Netherlands
- Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers, guards regiment, an amalgamation of the Garderegiment Grenadiers and the Garderegiment Jagers. Consists of one air mobile infantry battalion
- Regiment Limburgse Jagers, line infantry. Consists of one armoured infantry battalion
Norway
- Hærens Jegerkommando, the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army
- Jegerkompaniet, the Norwegian Army's northernmost unit
- Kystjegerkommandoen, marine unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery in the Norwegian Navy
- Marinejegerkommandoen, a marine commando unit of the Norwegian Navy.
- Artillerijeger, a ranger unit specialising in special reconnaissance and forward observing for artillery and aircraft.
- Grensejeger, border rangers at the border between Russia and Norway
(Imperial) Russia
- His Majesty Lifeguard Jäger Regiment
- Yeger, ?including a Guard Grenadiers battalion
Sweden
Jägare are elite units in the Swedish Armed Forces- 17th Air Force Ranger Company,
- 31st Ranger Battalion
- 32nd Intelligence Battalion
- 193rd Ranger Battalion
- 202nd Coastal Ranger Company, marine commandos trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery
- 323rd Parachute Ranger Squadron
- Swedish Parachute Ranger School
- Lapland Ranger Regiment Arctic Ranger Battalion
Ukraine
United States
- The 24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was also known as the "Hecker Jaeger Regiment" after Friedrich Hecker, its original commander.
- The Scout Sniper Platoon of Second Battalion, Third Marine Regiment is identified by the callsign "Jaeger".