Italian Coastal batteries in Leros (Greece)

Hi all I' m doing some research on Italian Coastal batteries in Leros (Greece) during WWII. I am looking for any possible information about the Coastal Battery PL 388 (Pezzo Leggero). It was located on the mount Turturas on the south-east part of the island. Thanks Sergeant

 

"Pezzo leggero" means light gun, not that sure the PL abbreviation stands for that, while the designatition is found in some sources others believe the P stands for postazione (battery) and L stands for Lero in analogy with other coastal battery designations in Italy, also som listening posts and other non gun positions on Leros are listed as PL.

According to that site PL 388 is:
PL.388 (command stand Gruppo Marina South too ) torpedoboats 4 x 102 mm/L35, 1 searchlight 1938.

An article on Italian batteries in the dodecannese in Storia Militare #149 confirms the 4 x 102/35 "comando gruppo navale sud" (btw there is a map of the all the Leros batteries in the article and a picture of a 102/35 attributed to Leros), the 102/35 coastal guns were ww1 era schneider design guns often reworked as dual purpose between the wars.

 

Thanks it was very helpfull. To my understanding your father fought in Italy. My father was a sergeant of the Greek army in Albanian front in 1940.

 

Thanks TiredOldSoldier. I was sure that PL stands for "Pezzo Leggero" but the designation "Postazione Lero" makes a lot of sense. I' ll try this on my research. Your information about the 102/35 is valiable.