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The invention relates to a shoe brake assembly, in particular for rail vehicles. Said assembly comprises at least one brake shoe (8), which may be applied to a wheel (4) of a vehicle for generating a braking force, a suspension system (11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 21) for said brake shoe (8), which may be attached to a chassis, and an operating device for actuating the at least one brake shoe (8). According to the invention, said at least one brake shoe (8) may be applied to a surface (7) of the wheel, facing radially inwards, for generating the braking force and may be actuated substantially outwards in the radial direction. Said brake shoe (8) is arranged, such that a wheel tread (6) is not submitted to a braking force. Thus, existent irregularities on the wheel tread (6) do not disadvantageously influence the braking effect and corrugations on the wheel tread (6) are avoided (FIG.1).