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Consolidation may be gone but it is easier to multicharge and with combat resolution, either break multiple squads or force multiple wounds on multiple squads.

Like others have said before Shooting has very few leadership modifiers but HtH has the ability to reduce ld to 2 or cause extra wounds to units that are fearless.

Most units in the game cannot split shooting, but you can split assaults via multi-charge. Hitting Vehicles in rear armor means with weapons/wargear/abilities (Most of all dedicated assault units have a S of 5 or more on atleast 1 guy or rending) that can penetrate a vehicle and negating any sort of coversave.

Still the game has 12 assault phases and only 6 shooting phases. Even with consolidation, multi-charges have the potential to damage many squads and even if you do spread out it only divides your army against your opponent.