Quoting the page linked: "This Defender Wolf XD is the prototype for a project known as ‘Winter/Water’ to enable a fleet of 686 vehicles to be capable of wading to a depth of 1.5 metres in salt and fresh water."
The Dunsfold Collection - 1998 Prototype Defender 110 Wolf ‘Winter/Water’ project
http://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/military/wolf-winter-water-prototype#v