PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE

The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising a tread having profile elements (1), for example tread lugs (1), which profile elements are separated from one another by grooves (2, 3) and are each provided with a plurality of sipes (4), which run at an angle of up to 45° to the axial direction and parallel to one another and have a constant width (B), a maximum sipe depth (T) and two sipe walls (5, 6). The sipes (4) are composed of a main portion (4a) reaching to the maximum sipe depth (T) or of such a main portion (4a) and at least one shallower edge portion (4b). In a top view of the sipe (4), the main portion (4a) comprises at least one shorter portion (4"a) and at least one portion (4'a) longer than the at least one shorter portion. The portions (4'a, 4"a) include an angle (a) of 90° to 140° with one another. In the longer portion (4'a), at least one recess (9) is formed in the one sipe wall (5), and a protrusion corresponding to the recess (9) lies opposite the recess on the other sipe wall (6). The protrusion (10) and the recess (9) are elongate in the direction of extent of the sipe (4). In the longer portion (4'a) or in each longer portion (4'a) of the main portion (4a), exactly one recess (9) which is mirror-symmetrical with respect to a cross-section center plane (E2) that is perpendicular to the sipe wall (5) and that runs in the radial direction and with respect to a longitudinal-section center plane (E1) that runs orthogonally to said cross-section center plane is formed in the one sipe wall (5). Any edge portions (4b) of the sipe (4) are free of protrusions (10) and recesses (9).