History
The Guard Jaeger Regiment are the traditions of historical units that include the 3rd Finnish Sharpshooter battalion (Tarkka-ampujapataljoona), which had from the year 1830 Young Guard and from the year 1878 onwards Old Guard status in the Imperial Russian Army, the Jaegers of the Finnish Civil War and the 2nd Jaeger Battalion from the Second World War.
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