PNEUMATIC TYRE

The invention relates to a vehicle pneumatic tire with a profiled tread having at least one circumferential groove (1) with a groove base (3) and two groove flanks (4), wherein sound-breaking projections (5) are formed on the groove base (3), each attached to both groove flanks (4) and distributed over the circumference of the tread. [0002] In the projections (5), a plurality of depressions (6) each open toward the tread periphery are formed, wherein all depressions (6) formed in a projection (5) together have a volume of 40% to 60% of the total volume of the projection (5).