Pneumatic tire with monofilament metallic belt cords

A pneumatic tire comprising

• a belt disposed radially outside a carcass in a tread portion, and
• a band disposed radially outside the belt,
• the belt comprising two cross plies of monofilament metallic cords laid at angles of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire,
• each of said monofilament metallic cords having a waved single filament, the filament having a non-circular sectional shape having an aspect ratio in a range of from 0.65 to 0.95 and a cross-sectional area S in a range of 0.09 to 0.20 sq.mm, wherein in each of said ply, the product S×N of the cross-sectional area S and the cord count N per 5 cm width of the ply is in the range of from 4.0 to 6.5, and the non-circular sectional shape of each filament has a major axis which lies in a direction parallel to the face of the ply, and the filament is waved by bending zigzag on a surface normal to the major axis with a wave pitch of not less than 5.0 mm and a wave height of 0.002 to 0.02 times the wave pitch,
• and wherein the band is composed of windings of at least one cord wound at an angle of less than 10 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire, the band cord being selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyamide fiber cord, an aromatic polyamide fiber cord, a polyvinylalcohol fiber cord, a polyethylene terephthalate fiber cord, a polyethylene naphthalate fiber cord, and a hybrid cord of an aliphatic polyamide fiber and an aromatic polyamide fiber.