Mountaineer

Platoon leader of the German mountain troops in San Gregorio, Spain as part of the NATO major maneuver Trident Juncture 2015

Mountain troopers of the Bundeswehr during a climbing exercise in Mittenwald

Bergjäger are the light infantry of the mountain troops in Germany , Austria and Switzerland .

In the German Federal Armed Forces , they form a separate arm of the army and, together with the hunter troops and the paratroopers, form the infantry division .

Mountain troops by state

• Germany : Gebirgsjäger troops or mountain troops
• France : Chasseurs alpins
• Italy : Alpini
• Austria : mountain troops
• Poland : Podhale Riflemen
• Romania : Vânători de munte
• United States : US 10th Mountain Division
• Argentina : 2nd Division in Córdoba with 5th, 6th, 8th Mountain Brigade
• Chile : 3rd Mountain Division Valdivia
• Peru : 4th Mountain Brigade in Puno and 5th Mountain Brigade and Cuzco
• Israel : Alpinistim
• Switzerland : mountain troops

See also

For more information:

• on the general historical development of the main article mountain warfare
• to the general operational principles of the main article mountain troops

literature

• Reinhard Scholzen : The infantry of the Bundeswehr. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-03293-4 .

Web links

Commons : Gebirgsjäger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Gebirgsjäger  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations