At a pneumatic tire (11), in a pneumatic tire in which a reinforcing layer (11) is structured from at least one reinforcing ply (53) in which are embedded plural reinforcing cords (54) that are formed from steel and are inclined with respect to a tire equator S, an inclination angle A of the reinforcing cords (54) with respect to the tire equator S is within a range of 40 to 90, and a compressive rigidity F per 50 mm width of a reinforcing layer (52) in a direction parallel to the reinforcing cords (54) is within a range of 1000 to 2400 N.