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How many Broadsides is the right number of Broadsides?

How many Broadsides will efficiently get the job done? The only reason that I use Tau as a Primary Detachment is so that I can have three units of Broadsides (2-man teams each), and with the Team Leaders having Target Lock, they can effectively fire at 6 different targets. As an Allied Detachment, the most I can get is three Broadsides in one unit, and only one Team Leader with Target Lock, which would reduce me to 2 shots at one target and 1 shot at a separate target. (Plus with any opponent's dedicated backfield threat removal squads out there, 3 units are harder to deal with than 1.) What is the consensus on Broadside utility?

To see the interaction with an Allied Detachment, please see my Army List in this post:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/496630.page