A puncture resistant liner assembly for use with a tire having a tread layer and opposed inside and outside walls extending away from the tread layer so as to define an interior tire space includes a primary protection layer that includes a plurality of primary pockets each having an outer wall defining a primary interior area and having a primary air capsule situated in the primary interior area. An auxiliary protection layer includes a plurality of auxiliary pockets each having a continuous outer wall defining an auxiliary interior area and having an auxiliary air capsule situated in the auxiliary interior area. Similarly, the liner assembly includes inner and outer protection layers adjacent and operably coupled to an inside and outside ends of the primary protection layer and that include a plurality of inner and outer pockets, respectively, each having a continuous outer wall defining an inner and outer interior areas.