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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 ".
The Jäger Battalion fought in the ranks of the German Army from 1916 in the battles on the northern flank of the eastern front. Finnish Jägers parading at the town square of Vaasa 1918. After the outbreak of the Civil War in Finland the Jägers were engaged on the "White" (non-communist) side in the war and formed the nucleus of the new ...
Jääkärijoukot ("Jäger Troops") – refers to any 1st line infantry units with top-of-the-line equipment. Panssarijääkärit ("Armoured or Panzer Jägers") — mechanized infantry of the Armoured Brigade. Kaartinjääkärit ("Guards Jägers") — infantry of the Guard Jaeger Regiment, specializing in urban warfare.
Unit 212 – Maglan [108] Unit 217 – Duvdevan; Unit 621 – Egoz; Israeli Navy. 13th Flotilla – Shayetet 13; Israeli Air and Space Force. 7th Special Air Forces Wing Unit 5101 – Shaldag (Special Air-Ground Designating Team) [109] Unit 669 – Combat Search and Rescue and Airborne Medical Evacuation Unit; Unit 5700 - Forward Air Field ...
Insignia of the Jaeger Brigade. 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. The brigade has two main units: Lapland Jaeger Battalion in Sodankylä ...
To achieve experience from warfare, the main part of the Ausbildungs-Truppe-Lockstedt became a regular Jaeger battalion, the Royal Prussian Jaeger battalion number 27 (‹See Tfd› German: Königlich Preussisches Jägerbataillon Nr. 27), which was used with relatively modest losses to attain experience, but also re-trained for the more technically demanding duties of artillery, engineers ...
The Utti Jaeger Regiment is responsible for training special forces for the Finnish Army as well as upkeeping high readiness of the Army Special Forces Unit and helicopter operations and performing executive assistance tasks. The regiment consists of around 400 hired personnel and 220 conscripts according to sources from 2018.
Commander-in-Chief. President of Finland. The Guard Jaeger Regiment (Finnish: Kaartin jääkärirykmentti, Swedish: Gardesjägarregementet) is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting military operations in urban terrain (MOUT).