This is alist ofJäger units in various national armies.Jäger, orJaeger, is theGerman word for "hunter", and describes a kind oflight infantry.^[1]InEnglish the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman" or "ranger".

• Jagdkommando
• Kaiserjäger

• Royal Prussian Guard Jägerbattalion
• Royal Prussian GuardSchützenbattalion
• Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Count York von Wartenburg (East Prussian) No.1
• Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion Prince Bismarck (Pomeranian) No.2
• Royal PrussianBrandenburg Jägerbattalion No.3
• Royal PrussianMagdeburg Jägerbattalion No.4
• Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion von Neumann (1stSilesian) No.5
• Royal Prussian 2ndSilesian Jägerbattalion No.6
• Royal PrussianWestphalian Jägerbattalion No.7
• Royal PrussianRhineland (orRhenish) Jägerbattalion No.8
• Royal PrussianLauenburg Jägerbattalion No.9
• Royal PrussianHanoverian Jägerbattalion No.10
• Royal PrussianElectoral Hessian Jägerbattalion No.11

Kingdom of Bavaria

• RoyalBavarian 1st Jägerbattalion
• RoyalBavarian 2nd Jägerbattalion

Kingdom of Saxony

• RoyalSaxon Jägerbattalion No.12
• RoyalSaxon Jägerbattalion No.13

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

• Grand-DucalMecklenburg(-Schwerin) Jägerbattalion No.14

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)

• 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

• 1st Ski Division
• 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger,Waffen-SS mountain troops from the Austrian Karst
• 10th Cyclist Jäger Brigade

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

• Jäger Regiment 1, an air-mobile infantry unit that was downsized to battalion level
• Jägerbataillon 91, a unit that was formed in 2015^[2]
• Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, Mountain Infantry Brigage 23^[3]
  • Gebirgsjägerbataillion 231
  • Gebirgsjägerbataillion 232
  • Gebirgsjägerbataillion 233
• Fallschirmjägerregiment 26, formed in 2015 from parts ofFallschirmjägerbataillon 261 andFallschirmjägerbataillon 263^[4][5]
• Fallschirmjägerregiment 31, formed in 2015 from Bataillonelements of Airborne Brigade 31

• Chasseurs Ardennais ('Arddennes Hunters'), armoured infantry battalion
• 1st RegimentJagers te Paard Battalion, mechanized reconnaissance battalion
• 2/4th RegimentChasseurs à Cheval, mechanized reconnaissance battalion with electronic warfare unit

• Jaeger Corps, a special forces unit of the Danish Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army

• 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 inArmoured Brigade (Finland) andKarelia Brigade
• Border Jägers, jägers trained in theFinnish 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.

• 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

• 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

• His Majesty Lifeguard Jäger Regiment (Лейб-гвардии Егерский Его Величества полк)
• Yeger, ?including a Guard Grenadiers battalion

Jägare are elite units in theSwedish 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

• 13th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)
• 68th Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)
• 71st Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)

• The24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was also known as the "Hecker Jaeger Regiment" after Friedrich Hecker, its original commander.

• The Scout Sniper Platoon ofSecond Battalion, Third Marine Regiment is identified by the callsign "Jaeger".

• United States Army Rangers

• Cron, Hermann (2002).Imperial German Army 1914–1918: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle. Translated by C. F. Colton. Helion & Company Limited.ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
• Kinna, H; Moss, D A (1977).Jäger & Schützen, Dress and Distinctions, 1910-1914. Bellona Publications.ISBN 0-85242-497-3.
• United States War Office (1989).Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). The London Stamp Exchange Ltd.ISBN 0-948130-87-3.

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