page_title: Gebirgsjäger
section_title: Gebirgsjäger in World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Gebirgsjäger / Gebirgsjäger in World War II
caption_attribution_description: Information added by Wikimedia users.Français&#160;: Le 22 décembre 1942, des soldats allemands des troupes de montagne, dans la neige à l'occasion d'une pause, Caucase, Union soviétique. English: On 22 December 1942, German soldiers from the mountain troops, in the snow having a rest, Caucasus, Soviet Union.
context_page_description: Gebirgsjäger are the light infantry part of the alpine or mountain troops of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The word Jäger is a characteristic term used for light-infantry or light-infantryman in a continental European military context.
context_section_description: During World War II the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS raised a number of mountain infantry units.
  An entire corps was formed in Norway by 1941. Its divisions were lightly equipped, with much of the transport provided by mules. These mountain infantry were equipped with fewer automatic weapons than regular infantry, however the MG 34 or MG 42 machine gunners were provided with more ammunition than their regular infantry counterparts. Mountain infantry were identified by the edelweiss insignia worn on their sleeves and their caps.
  Mountain infantry participated in many battles, including Operation Weserübung, Operation Silver Fox, Operation Platinum Fox and Operation Arctic Fox, the operations in the Caucasus, the Gothic Line, the invasion of Crete and the battles in the Vosges region of France. Special equipment was made for them including the G33/40 mauser rifle based on the VZ.33 rifle.
caption: Gebirgsjäger group in late 1942 during the Battle of the Caucasus.
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