Seeking assistance on Soviet platoon level TO&E's - VDV and Naval Infantry?

[Rick]

The information I have suggests the PT-76 was being phased out of service throughout the 80's. By 1984-5 it no longer appeared in reconnaissance units, replaced by BTR's, and was slowly being removed from the tank battalions - by 1990 there were only about 130 total of them across the NI units and these would have gone by about 1992-3. Obviously this last bit is outside the scope that the OP suggested as mid 80's (I think) so I'd suggest that the presence of the PT-76 in amphibious tank companies is accurate, it's presence in recce units probably isn't.
I'm going to suggest the OP spends a small amount and downloads the appropriate Micromark army lists which were compiled long afterwards from official information, rather than the sources we are currently mentioning, that were published at the time, from patchy and incomplete foreign intelligence sources.

[Cypher226]

@Cuprum, that's absolutely excellent, thank you. 

@Rick, thanks for the tip on the Micromark lists (and your other input!) - I will get them this weekend.

Infantry printing at the moment, last of the US infantry got cured this morning.  It's all coming together