Process for the production of a formed metal workpiece with armour

Producing transformed metallic workpiece having armoring, comprises (a) providing an armoring blank, (b) providing a workpiece base blank, (c) arranging the armoring blank on the workpiece base blank, (d) welding a portion of workpiece base blank with the armoring blank to form a blank having an armored surface section, and (e) transforming the produced blank with the armored surface section to produce a workpiece contour by forging, upsetting, electrical upsetting and extruding, which are performed in cold, semi-warm or warm temperature region to produce a transformed armored workpiece (4). An independent claim is also included for armored metallic workpiece produced by the above method.