# 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

* Jagdkommando
* Kaiserjäger

### Germany feudal/imperial era
#### Prussian / imperial

* Royal Prussian Guard Jägerbattalion
* Royal Prussian Guard Schützenbattalion
* Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Count York von Wartenburg (East Prussian) No.1
* Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Prince Bismarck (Pomeranian) No.2
* Royal Prussian Brandenburg Jägerbattalion No.3
* Royal Prussian Magdeburg Jägerbattalion No.4
* Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion von Neumann (1st Silesian) No.5
* Royal Prussian 2nd Silesian Jägerbattalion No.6
* Royal Prussian Westphalian Jägerbattalion No.7
* Royal Prussian Rhineland (or Rhenish) 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

* Royal Bavarian 1st Jägerbattalion
* Royal Bavarian 2nd Jägerbattalion

##### Kingdom of Saxony

* Royal Saxon Jägerbattalion No.12
* Royal Saxon Jägerbattalion No.13

##### 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
1915
* Reserve Jägerbattalions 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 Jägerregiment No.1 (1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions, 2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion)
* Jägerregiment No.2 (10th Jäger Battalion, 10th and 14th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
* Bavarian Jägerregiment No.3 (1st - 4th Bavarian Ski Battalions)
* Alpine Corps (1st, 2nd & 3rd Jäger Regiments)
1916
* Württemberg Mountain Battalion
* Jägerregiment No.4 (11th Jäger Battalion, 5th and 6th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
* Jägerregiment No.5 (17th, 18th and 23rd Reserve Jäger Battalions)
* Jägerregiment No.6 (5th, 6th and 14th Jäger Battalions)
* Jägerregiment No.7 (13th Jäger Battalion, 25th and 26th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
* Jägerregiment No.8 (4th, 16th and 24th Reserve Jäger Battalions)
* Jägerregiment No.9 (8th Jäger Battalion, 12th Reserve Jäger Battalion)
* Jägerregiment No.10 (12th Jäger Battalion, 13th Reserve Jäger Battalion)
1917
* Royal Bavarian 29th Infantry Regiment (Jager Regiment) (1st Bavarian Reserve Jagerbattalion, 7th and 9th Reserve Jägerbattalions)
* German Jäger Division (11th, 12th & 13th Jägerregiments)
1918
* Württemberg Mountain Regiment
* Jägerregiment No.11 (Guard Reserve Jägerbattalion, Guard Reserve Schützenbattalion, 1st Jägerbattalion)
* Jägerregiment No.12 (2nd and 7th Jägerbattalions, 1st Reserve Jägerbattalion)
* Jägerregiment No.13 (8th, 20th and 21st Reserve Jägerbattalions)
* Jägerregiment No.14 (15th, 19th and 22nd Reserve Jägerbattalions)
* Bavarian Reserve Jägerregiment No.15 (1st Bavarian Reserve Jagerbattalion and Caucasian Railway Protection Battalion)

### 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

* Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers)
* Feldjäger (military police)
* Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry)
* Panzerjäger (anti-tank troops)

### 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 ('Arddennes Hunters'), armoured infantry battalion
* 1st Regiment Jagers te Paard, 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 (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 northernmost unit
* Kystjegerkommandoen, (Coastal Ranger Command) 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 (Лейб-гвардии Егерский Его Величества полк)
* Yeger, ?including a Guard Grenadiers battalion

### Sweden

Jägare are elite units in the Swedish Armed Forces
* 17th Air Force Ranger Company (Flygbasjägarna, FBJ),
* 31st Ranger Battalion
* 32nd Intelligence Battalion
* 193rd Ranger Battalion (AJB)
* 202nd Coastal Ranger Company (Kustjägarna), 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 (FJS)
Defunct:
* Lapland Ranger Regiment (I 22) (1975–2000) Arctic Ranger Battalion

### Ukraine

* 13th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)
* 68th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)
* 71st Jaeger Brigade (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".