Lehr A demonstration/training unit (Translated "Teach"). Gebirgsjäger Traditional term for mountain and ski troops. This Jäger description did not apply to the light divisions deployed in Africa (5th, 90th, 164th, 999th), nor to the five light mechanized divisions. In many cases the Jäger divisions were mountain divisions referred to as ''Gebirsjäger''. Normally provided with horse or motor transport with (usually) lighter artillery weapons and usually smaller size when compared to normal infantry divisions.
Jäger A traditional term for light infantry (Translated "Hunter"). it was most often used as a morale-building honorific indicative of reduced strength when used alone. Grenadier A traditional term for heavy infantry. Smaller Festung units may have consisted of only two or three battalions. A non-standard division used to garrison critical sites. Many of these were divisions that had been mauled on the Eastern Front and were sent west to serve as coastal defence garrisons until sufficient resources were available to rehabilitate the division.
Normally assigned to units who were deficient in transport and unable to move their own artillery. These designations are normally not translated and used in the German form in the unit name or description.
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