Another myth at play is that infantry was more powerful than cavalry. This simply is not the case. Cavalry long arms had advanced technologically faster than infantry weapons. There were a myriad of breechloading arms employed by the mounted branches of both armies. All of these were rifled. The advantage they possessed was huge in that they effectively tripled the rate of fire from 3 to 4 rounds per minute for a well trained infantryman to 10-12 rounds per minute for a trooper.