Krupp large caliber guns of WW2

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Found some mentions of Krupp large caliber naval gun projects, such as 45cm/52 gun from 1934, and 45cm/60 and 50cm/60 guns from 1942. Unfortunately I couldn't find any more info on them. Maybe someone here can help with it?
 
Are the latter related to the 'Dover' guns ??
 
Found some mentions of Krupp large caliber naval gun projects, such as 45cm/52 gun from 1934, and 45cm/60 and 50cm/60 guns from 1942. Unfortunately I couldn't find any more info on them. Maybe someone here can help with it?
Krupp 53cm/52
Data of 50cm - 2000 kg projectile, 820 mps, but, I do not remember where and when I found it, perhaps this data is not reliable.
According to some reports, the H-42 and H-43 were supposed to have 48cm guns.
Wikipedia, referring to Siegfried Breyer's 1973 book, reports that Hitler wanted 24-inch cannons (61cm).
That is, in total, the Germans discussed the guns:
45 cm
48 cm
50 cm
53 cm
61 cm
For railway artillery, Krupp developed projects of 700, 800, 850, 1000 mm, a project of 800 mm ("Dora") was implemented:
Projected 52cm Lange Gustav:
 
There was a book called The House of Krupp IIRC. Did the sphere of the Trieste, right?
 
In the book German warships 1815-1945 H-42 and 43 had 48cm while
H-44 had 50.8 cm
 
In regards to the 80cm and related and 52cm krupp guns, here's a big fog in all the tertiary sources, disagreements on the number of guns, number of variants, whether "Dora" was another name for Gustav, etc. I'm very interested in the 52cm variant supposedly found at Essen by American troops. The whole project was highly classified during the war, and thrown through the blender of hearsay afterwards but the range capabilities planned would have added another chapter in the history of London's bombardment.
 
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