Pneumatic vehicle tire

A pneumatic vehicle tire having a radial configuration, the pneumatic vehicle tire comprising:

• a belt assembly having at least three plies including two working plies and a protective ply arranged radially outwardly with respect to said two working plies;
• each of said at least three plies having reinforcements;
• each of said reinforcements including at least one steel filament;
• said reinforcements of each of said plies being arranged mutually parallel and mutually spaced from each other;
• said steel filaments of said reinforcements of said protective ply having a filament diameter lying in a range of 0.10 mm to 0.35 mm;
• said reinforcements having a reinforcement diameter lying in a range of 0.20 to 0.85 mm;
• said reinforcements of said protective ply having a rupture strength lying in a range of 15 kN/dm to 95 kN/dm;
• and,
• said reinforcements of said protective ply being arranged in said protective ply with a density lying in a range of 50 to 120 ends per decimeter.