Team chat would still be available. Artillery is relevant to every member on the team when it's coming down, not so much when it's being marked. TL can use Squad chat to ask for marks, team chat to talk to the players.
Nothing would change unless the TL desired it. And it would keep chat channels open for tactical discussion, rather than one person giving an order to everyone when it's only relevant to 1/8 of the team.
Dwhee,
I read you.
And you miss the point Team leader is leader of a Team. Same for squad leader. Squad leader is leader of a Squad. Arty mark is not tactical discussion : arty mark is an order.
So :
When a soldier can heard Team leader asking suqad leader for arty mark, he can makes himself ready to the assault who will come soon.
Cohesion of a team work with orders. And, Dwhee, any kind of orders. There are not
orders in one side (what soldier like to do and to love to heard as orders ) and
tactical discussion in another side (what soldier doesn't like to perform or to hate to heard as orders).
There are only orders...
I don't understand why people have such a hard-on for the player that is quickest to grab an important spot on the team. If you know what you're doing, you should say what needs to be said, regardless if you just have a bolt action rifle.
Y.O.B.A.
A squad works with soldiers, but not only.
Squad leader and Team leader are here to be not just another soldiers...
It's all the job inside squad and team who is important to perform who are link to SL and TL.
Squad leader and Team leader are task to perform it. Cohesion of squad is one of the tactic job. Understand that for a soldier - even doing a good job, here it's not the problem - it's too easy to break this cohesion.
Soldiers can use cohesion, but not as effective as with and by Squad leader and Team leader.
It's why orders of Squad leader and Team leader are important things.
Even arty orders and arty mark call.
When a soldier can heard Team leader asking squad leader for arty mark, he can make himself ready to the assault who will come soon.
No one fight alone...There is no good or bad players, there are only good or bad squad and team.