The H-44 design had 20" guns (Much like the Super Yamato, which had 20.1" guns), but I find that it would be highly impractical to have guns that size on a ship, for the hull to be able to take the pressure it would have to be enormous, I do believe there wasn't a drydock big enough in the whole world to accommodate it and if there was the ship would be a sitting duck for air attacks anyway...
In fact, Hitler argued for a 20"-gunned Battleship from the beginning, but his naval staff convinced him it would be impractical, which resulted in the 16"-armed H-39 class (Which would probably have been a great Battleship, on par with the Iowa and Lion classes), but of course his huge gun mania continued until they designed the H-44...
Anyway, looking forward to seeing it anyway
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