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==Origin and History==
[[File:Württemberg Feldjäger zu Fuss Private.jpg|right|frame|Private of Württemberg Feldjäger zu Fuss in 1759 - Copyright: Franco Saudelli]]
One company of ''Feldjäger zu Fuss'' (Foot Jagers) was raised in 1759 as part of the ''Feldjägerkorps''.

By 1759, in his ''Etat des Trouppes de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Virtemberg et Theck sur pié en 1759'', Jacques André Frederic reported 2 companies for a total of about 200 men.

During the Seven Years' War, the successive ''Kommandeure'' of the regiment were:
*1759: Major von Weitershausen
*1760: Major Georg Friedrich Böcklin von Böcklinsau

The unit was disbanded in 1765.
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==Service during the War==
The unit took part to the campaigns of 1759 and 1760 in Hessen and Saxony.

==Uniform==

===Privates===
[[File:Württemberg Feldjäger zu Fuss.jpg|left|frame|Uniform as per Becher's Bilderhandschrift circa 1760 - Copyright Kronoskaf]]
{| class="tblunout"
|+<big>'''Uniform Details'''</big><br/>as per Becher's Bilderhandschrift circa 1760 completed with other sources where necessary
|-
|'''Headgear'''||
{| class="tblunin"
|-
|'''Jäger'''||black tricorne edged yellow
|-
|'''Grenadier'''||''not applicable''
|}
|-
|'''Neckstock'''||black
|-
|'''Coat'''||green in Prussian cut
{| class="tblunin"
|-
|'''Collar'''||red
|-
|'''Shoulder&nbsp;Straps'''||none but a yellow aiguillette on the right shoulder
|-
|'''Lapels'''||red set with 6 yellow buttons arranged in pairs
|-
|'''Pockets'''||horizontal pockets 
|-
|'''Cuffs'''||red Swedish cuffs with 2 yellow buttons
|-
|'''Turnbacks'''||red fastened with a yellow button
|}
|-
|'''Waistcoat'''||green
|-
|'''Breeches'''||white
|-
|'''Gaiters'''||black
|-
|'''Leather&nbsp;Equipment'''||
{| class="tblunin"
|-
|'''Crossbelt'''||brown
|-
|'''Waistbelt'''||brown
|-
|'''Cartridge Box'''||brown
|-
|'''Bayonet Scabbard'''||brown
|-
|'''Scabbard'''||brown
|-
|'''Footgear'''||black
|}
|}
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Troopers were armed with a musket and a sword.

===Officers===
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===Musicians===
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==Colours==
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==References==
Becher, Johann Christian: Wahrhaftige Nachricht derer Begebenheiten, so sich in dem Herzogthum Weimar by dem gewaltigen Kriege Friedrichs II., Königs von Preußen, mit der Königin von Ungarn, Marien Theresen, samt ihren Bundesgenossen zugetragen, Weimar, ca. 1760 (Stiftung Weimarer Klassik)

Deutsche Uniformen, Bd. 1, Das Zeitalter Friedrich des Großen, 240 Bilder von Herbert Knötel d. J., Text und Erläuterungen von Dr. Martin Letzius, hrsg. von der Sturm-Zigaretten GmbH, Dresden 1932

Frederic, Jacques André, ''Etat des Trouppes de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Virtemberg et Theck sur pié en 1759'', Augsburg, 1759

Stadlinger, L., J. von, ''Geschichte des Württembergischen Kriegswesens – von der frühesten bis zur neuesten Zeit'', Stuttgart, 1856

Zahn, Michael, ''Die Herzoglich Württembergische Armee im Siebenjährigen Krieg'', Manuskript, Stuttgart: January 2008

[[Category:Württemberg Land Unit]]