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How large was the standing army Maria Theresa planned to build?

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Maria Theresa proposed establishing an effective standing army of 110,000 men. This figure represented an increase of 60,000 troops compared to the army size during her father’s reign and was 30,000 more than the peacetime army of Frederick William I of Prussia.12