Patent ID: 8522683

Claim:
A method for producing a shell with a projectile, a combustible propellant charge casing, and a casing cover that joins the propellant charge casing with the projectile, where the projectile has a sealing ring adjacent to the casing cover, the method comprising the steps of: producing the casing cover by injection molding with an elastic plastic, such that a front end region of the casing cover facing the projectile forms the sealing ring; joining the casing cover with the propellant charge casing and the projectile; and providing an annular rated break point in the casing cover so as to be between the front end region and an adjacent rearward main body portion of the casing cover, so that upon ignition of the propellant charge the casing cover separates along the annular break point whereby the front end region forms the sealing ring of the projectile passing through a weapon barrel, and the rearward main body portion of the casing cover is forced out of a mouth of the weapon barrel by drive gases, wherein the front end region has an axial length substantially smaller than an axial length of the rearward main body of the casing cover.