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".

Austria

 * Kaiserjäger

Belgium

 * Chasseurs Ardennais, armoured infantry battalion
 * 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion
 * 2nd/4th Regiment Jagers te Paard, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit

Denmark

 * Jægerkorpset, a special forces unit of the Royal Danish Army

Finland

 * Finnish Jäger troops, 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, the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations
 * Para Jägers, Special Operations Airborne Infantry in the Finnish army
 * Armoured Jägers, mechanized infantry units, trained in Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army) and Karelia Brigade
 * Border Jaegers, jägers trained in the Finnish Border Guard
 * Coastal Jaegers, marine infantry unit

Germany (Imperial)

 * Royal Prussian Guard Jäger Battalion
 * Royal Prussian Guard Schützen Battalion
 * Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion Count York von Wartenburg (East Prussian) No.1
 * Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion Prince Bismarck (Pomeranian) No.2
 * Royal Prussian Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No.3
 * Royal Prussian Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No.4
 * Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion von Neumann (1st Silesian) No.5
 * Royal Prussian 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No.6
 * Royal Prussian Westphalian Jäger Battalion No.7
 * Royal Prussian Rhineland (or Rhenish) Jäger Battalion No.8
 * Royal Prussian Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No.9
 * Royal Prussian Hanoverian Jäger Battalion No.10
 * Royal Prussian Electoral Hessian Jäger Battalion No.11
 * Royal Saxon Jäger Battalion No.12
 * Royal Saxon Jäger Battalion No.13
 * Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No.14
 * Royal Bavarian 1st Jäger Battalion
 * Royal Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion

Germany (First World War)
1914
 * Guard Reserve Jäger Battalion
 * Guard Reserve Schützen Battalion
 * Reserve Jäger Battalions 1-14
 * Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalions 1-2
 * Bavarian Ski Battalions 1-2

1915
 * Reserve Jäger Battalions 15-26
 * Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion (Finnish Volunteers)
 * Bavarian Ski Battalions 3-4
 * Württemberg Ski Company (later renamed the Württemberg Mountain Company and expanded to a Battalion, then a Regiment)


 * Bavarian Jäger Regiment No.1 (1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions, 2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion)
 * Jäger Regiment No.2 (10th Jäger Battalion, 10th and 14th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Bavarian Jäger Regiment No.3 (1st - 4th Bavarian Ski Battalions)


 * Alpine Corps (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jäger Regiments)

1916
 * Württemberg Mountain Battalion
 * Jäger Regiment No.4 (11th Jäger Battalion, 5th and 6th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.5 (17th, 18th and 23rd Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.6 (5th, 6th and 14th Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.7 (13th Jäger Battalion, 25th and 26th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.8 (4th, 16th and 24th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.9 (8th Jäger Battalion, 12th Reserve Jäger Battalion)
 * Jäger Regiment No.10 (12th Jäger Battalion, 13th Reserve Jäger Battalion)

1917
 * Royal Bavarian 29th Infantry Regiment (Jager Regiment) (1st Bavarian Reserve Jager Battalion, 7th and 9th Reserve Jäger Battalions)


 * German Jäger Division (11th, 12th & 13th Jäger Regiments)

1918
 * Württemberg Mountain Regiment
 * Jäger Regiment No.11 (Guard Reserve Jäger Battalion, Guard Reserve Schützen Battalion, 1st Jäger Battalion)
 * Jäger Regiment No.12 (2nd and 7th Jäger Battalions, 1st Reserve Jäger Battalion)
 * Jäger Regiment No.13 (8th, 20th and 21st Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Jäger Regiment No.14 (15th, 19th and 22nd Reserve Jäger Battalions)
 * Bavarian Reserve Jäger Regiment No.15 (1st Bavarian Reserve Jager Battalion and Caucasian Railway Protection Battalion)

Germany (Third Reich and Federal Republic)

 * Fallschirmjäger, German paratroopers
 * Feldjäger, the military police of the German Bundeswehr
 * Feldjägerkorps, one of several military police organizations in the German Wehrmacht
 * Gebirgsjäger, mountain infantry
 * Karstjäger, Waffen SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst
 * German 28th Jäger Division, a military division during World War II
 * Kustenjäger, (Coastal Ranger) marine commandos during World War II
 * Panzerjäger (Jagdpanzer), tank hunter or tank destroyer

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 (former 2nd Infantry Regiment). 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 northern-most unit
 * Kystjegerkommandoen, (Coastal Ranger Command) marine commando unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery
 * Marinejegerkommandoen, a maritime special forces unit
 * Grensejeger, border rangers at the border between Russia and Norway

Sweden

 * Jägare, elite units in the Swedish Armed Forces


 * Fallskärmsjägarna, the Parachute Ranger Corps
 * Fallskärmsjägarskolan (Fjs) Parachuterangerschool
 * Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB) The Army´s Jäger Battalion
 * 31. Luftburna Bataljonen (K3) Airborne Jäger Battalion
 * 32. Underättelsebataljonen (K3) Intelligence Jäger Battalion
 * Flygbasjägarskolan (Fjbs) Airbase ranger school
 * Kustjägarna (AMF1), (Coastal Rangers) marine commandos trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery

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".